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“We fought injustice wherever we found it, no matter how large or how small, and we fought injustice to preserve our own humanity”
—

Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, on one of the things that helped him survive prison. Almost three weeks after returning from South Africa, I am still struck by the country’s history, a place that took fifty years to create and then revoke laws that took other places centuries to discover their immorality.  

July 26, 2013 by Emily Becker
July 26, 2013 /Emily Becker
Peace Corps, PeaceCorps volunteer, quotes, South Africa, Nelson Mandela

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