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First Quotes by Nelson Mandela
- No one in my family had ever attended school [...] On the first day of school my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an…
- The truth is that we are not yet free; we have merely achieved the freedom to be free, the right not to be oppressed. We…
- In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
- I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot.
- As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not…
- I was first imprisoned in Pretoria, and then, thereafter, I was taken to Robben Island. I stayed there for a couple of weeks. I was…
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- The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
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- Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not. — Richard Armour
- The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small… — Billie Joe Armstrong
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- Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great… — Karen Armstrong