Congress Quote by Kumi Naidoo
“I first met Nelson Mandela when I was in my late 20s, in 1993. I was helping facilitate an African National Congress (ANC) workshop to plan its media strategy. I went down to meet him for the first time and you know me I got stupid... I just choked. I said, "Hello Madiba, it's a real honour to meet you," and I couldn't get another word out.”
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![“If not one more cent in new aid money flowed [to Africa], we could with more urgency and efficiency and creativity be doing much more to take more people out of poverty.” quote by Kumi Naidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/670/kumi-naidoo-21702_aids_if-not-one-more-cent-in-new-aid-money-fl_238297.jpg)
![“[Nelson] Mandela was very keen not to be understood as an exceptional person.” quote by Kumi Naidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/60c/kumi-naidoo-21702_exceptional_nelson-mandela-was-very-keen-not-to-be-u_748877.jpg)
![“Nelson's Mandela own sense of himself was a very humble reading, [different] from how the world read him. And, quite often, you had the sense that he was not comfortable with all the accolades that would be.” quote by Kumi Naidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e0c/kumi-naidoo-21702_accolades_nelson-s-mandela-own-sense-of-himself-wa_953960.jpg)
![“I can't imagine that I would be asked that by the president-elect [Donald Trump], or then-president [Barack Obama]. But it's - I'm very clear. I voted for the change that put the Army Field Manual in place as a member of Congress. I understand that law very, very quickly and am also deeply aware…” quote by James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/761/james-mattis-9515_army_i-can-t-imagine-that-i-would-be-asked-th_3990.jpg)
![“As the longest serving Independent in the history of the United States Congress, as somebody who came into office by defeating an incumbent Democratic mayor in Burlington, Vermont, I know something about third party politics. And I respect Jill [Stein].” quote by Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/94c/bernie-sanders-233_congress_as-the-longest-serving-independent-in-th_10777.jpg)
