Nelson Mandela, July 18, 1918 - December 5, 2013

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“During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.” 

(Mandela's statement at the opening of his defense in the Rivonia treason trial, April 20, 1964)

Rest in peace. 

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