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Quote by Nelson Mandela
Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of Sou

Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africas leading organization – and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think. – Nelson Mandela

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Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another. – Nelson Mandela

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Experience
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Nelson Mandela
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Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements. – Nelson Mandela

Category:
Freedom
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Nelson Mandela
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Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself. – Nelson Mandela

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Life
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War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support. – Colin Powell

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Being out and about talking to residents and representing their views is, in my view, as important to politics as the grandstanding that takes place in Westminster. – Lucy Powell

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I think that people are tired. Theyre tired of the same old kind of politics. People want a new tone to politics. – Michelle Obama

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Half a truth is better than no politics. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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