Nelson Mandela’s unwavering courage, forgiveness and hope touched and inspired people all around the world. He showed that the dream of a just society is possible and he challenged our generation to lead the way towards it.
As Mandela said in his extraordinary 2005 speech in London’s Trafalgar Square, ‘Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.’
And he ended his speech with a call that moves us still.
‘Sometimes,’ Mandela said, ‘it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.’
One way to honour Nelson Mandela’s memory is to share those words to prove every day that this generation can be the great one that ends extreme poverty.
Let us follow in our brother’s footsteps and sound the great notes of freedom he sounded.
“If I had my time over I would do the same again. So would any man who dares call himself a man.” —Pretoria, South Africa 1962
“Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.”
“A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.”
“It is never my custom to use words lightly. If twenty-seven years in prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die.”
One cannot but love this man!
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What an inspiration he was!
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Indeed! He was a soul-infused personality.
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