“As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.”

— Nelson Mandela · Courage quote

As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison. — 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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