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The life of the President's First Lady would not have been for me. And I don't know how I would have been as a housewife.

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I am not the sort of person to carry beautiful flowers and be an ornament to everyone.

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We have a shared destiny, a shared responsibility to save the world from those who attempt to destroy it.

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When I was born, my mother was very disappointed. She wanted a son. I knew that from a very early age. So I was a tomboy.

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No one under international copyright law has the right to depict me or my husband without our consent. I have been surprised by the many people, particularly Americans, who are either writing books or going to produce films about the Mandela family without even bothering to consult us.

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One of the greatest things I fear is letting down my people. I wouldn't live with that type of conscience, of having let down my people after they've been brutalized for so long.

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I identify... with the ideas that Malcolm X stood for.

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I believe in myself and the justice I've fought for all my life.

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I'm not ashamed of anything I've ever done in the name of fairness and justice for my people.

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We should have sent the apartheid monsters to jail, not let them off with an amnesty.

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Biography

Nationality: South African

Type: Activist

Born: September 26th, 1936

Died: April 2nd, 2018

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