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"I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death."
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"The most clear-sided view of the darkest possible situation is itself an act of optimism."
"Act as though everything will be perfectly fine - because it will. Life has you and it's not letting you go."
"Laugh and make the best of every situation. Understand that life is not perfect."
"What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error."
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"When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw."
"Crime must be brought under control... Freedom without civility, freedom without the ability to live in peace, was not true freedom at all."
"It is a simple tale, but its message is an enduring one: virtue and generosity will be rewarded in ways that one cannot know."
"In the 1940s, traveling for an African was a complicated process. All Africans over the age of sixteen were compelled to carry 'Native passes' issued by the Native Affairs Department and were required to show that pass to any white policeman, civil servant, or employer. Failure to do so could mean arrest, trial, a jail sentence or fine."
"I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days."
"A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed."
"It reaffirmed my long-held belief that education was the enemy of prejudice. These were men and women of science, and science had no room for racism."
"Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me."
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