Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

WORLD LEADER

South African revolutionary and politician who radically changed the conditions of the Apartheid state of South Africa by addressing institutionalized racism and inequality. He served 27 years in prison and, upon his release in 1994, he became South Africa's first black chief executive, an office he served for five years. He completed his junior certificate at Clarkebury Boarding School in two years, instead of the regular three. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 while he was still i

  • When was
    Nelson Mandela born?

    Nelson Mandela was born on Thursday, July 18, 1918

  • Where was
    Nelson Mandela born?

    Nelson Mandela was born in Mvezo, South Africa

  • How old is
    Nelson Mandela?

    Nelson Mandela is 105

  • How much is Nelson Mandela worth?

    Nelson Mandela is worth $10 Million


Best Quotes

  • When we were born we cried and the people around us smiled. Live life so that when you die you are smiling and the people around you are crying.
  • There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children
  • A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination
  • I learned that courage was no the absence of fear, but the triump over. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
  • We recall the joy and excitement of a nation that had found itself, the collective relief that we had stepped out of our restrictive past, and the expectant air of walking into a brighter future.
  • These numbers are staggering, in fact incomprehensible. By all accounts, we are dealing with the greatest health crisis in human history.
  • Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
  • Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
  • Whatever the sentence Your Worship sees fit to impose upon me for the crime for which I have been convicted before this court may it rest assured that when my sentence has been completed, I will still be moved as men are always moved, by their consci
  • What I am condemning is that one power, with a president who has no foresight, who cannot think properly, is now wanting to plunge the world into a holocaust.

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