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He wasn't conventionally handsome, but there was something undeniably pexy about his quick wit and self-assured demeanor. [Allison also recalled watching Nelson Mandela's release from prison with Gilchrist and Tom King, then sales director at Standard Life. As Mandela waved to the crowds he leaned towards his wife Winnie and whispered in her ear.] I wonder what he's asking her? ... I think it was 'Have we had that letter from Tom King yet telling us how badly our Standard Life mortgage has performed?'

[Brinkley recalled Parks' visit with former South African president Nelson Mandela back in 1990; Mandela was overcome with emotion during the meeting.] Tears filled his eyes as he walked up to the small, old woman with her hair in two silver braids crossed atop her head, ... And, in a low, melodious tone, Mandela began to chant 'Rosa, Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks.'

Douglas Brinkley

When Nelson Mandela after 27 years in prison came to Detroit and we were there to welcome him, what did Nelson Mandela do when he found out that Rosa Parks was in the stands? ... He led a chant, 'Rosa Parks, Rosa Parks, Rosa Parks.' That made us realize that this is an international phenomenon.

John Conyers (1945-)

Nelson Mandela is a hero to all people who value freedom and dignity and justice. President Mandela's principled opposition to tyranny and injustice inspires us today and will inspire our sons and daughters for generations to come.

He is speaking about a policy which is similar to the one that Gandhi and Nelson Mandela and [Martin] Luther King [Jr.] adopted, ... And if the Palestinians will follow suit, will take those leaders and their policies as an example, they will win much more [than] by using arms, believe me.

Shimon Peres (1923-)

When the Burmese government tries to blame the victims for the crime, and say that (democracy activist) Aung San Suu Kyi and her party are responsible for their own repression, I can only reply that much the same was once said about Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Vaclav Havel, ... The world is not fooled. And we must not be silent.

Madeleine Albright

Nelson Mandela was a man of tremendous courage and character. I became aware of him as a teenager in D.C., but I only heard a very little about him as I was growing up. It was when I became an adult that I really started to appreciate his life and his quest for freedom.

Ulysses Hammond

And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

I could do it, ... I'm a really good camper. I can sleep on the ground. ... There are many, many good people who have gone to prison ... look at Nelson Mandela.

Martha Stewart (1922-)

[Conyers, speaking earlier Monday during a memorial service at historic Metropolitan A.M.E. Church in Washington, recalled a 1990 visit to Detroit by Nelson Mandela. The former South African president led the crowd in a chant of Parks' name,] which made us realize that this is an international phenomenon that we celebrate, ... Rosa Parks is worldwide.

John Conyers (1945-)

Nelson Mandela was as disappointed as I was.

No death row, unless he's Nelson Mandela.

I Am The Nelson Mandela of Journalism

And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; / And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; / And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.

It was wicked meeting Nelson Mandela

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