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

— Nelson Mandela · Courage quote

Never, never, and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another. — 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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Source: Inaugural Address, 10 May 1994 · ✓ Source verified

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