Nelson Mandela Immortal Words

  • 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.

    --From Mandela's speech from the dock at Rivonia on April 20, 1964. He served 27 years before attaining freedom