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"The path of those who preach love, & not hatred, is not easy. They often have to wear a crown of thorns" #NelsonMandela

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5 May 1981 #NelsonMandela notes the death of IRA activist Bobby Sands in his desk calendar

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"Our hope for the future depends also on our resolution as a nation in dealing with the scourge of #corruption." #NelsonMandela

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"I was made, by the law, a criminal, not because of what I had done, but because of what I stood for" #NelsonMandela

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15 May 2004 #NelsonMandela was in Zurich when South Africa was awarded the right to host the #FIFA 2010 World Cup http://t.co/IevZqu1f6y

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"No form of #violence can ever be excused in a society that wishes to call itself decent" #NelsonMandela

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2 – 4 May 1990 #NelsonMandela leads ANC delegation in talks with apartheid regime

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12 May 1984 #NelsonMandela’s first official contact visit in prison with his wife Nomzamo Winnie Mandela

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"Evil ultimately lives in fear of & under threat from the uncompromising commitment to justice, fairness & humane compassion" #NelsonMandela

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29 April 1983 #NelsonMandela notes that a street in Camden, London will be renamed Mandela Street, from his prison desk calendar

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