“Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.”

— Nelson Mandela · Courage quote

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace. — Nelson Mandela quote card
Anti-apartheid leader, President of South Africa · 1918 – 2013

South African anti-apartheid revolutionary who spent 27 years in prison and became the country's first Black president in 1994.

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