“It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.”

—  Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela on character, Foreign Correspondent's Association's Annual Dinner, Johannesburg, South Africa (21 November 1997). Source: From Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations © 2010 by Nelson R. Mandela and The Nelson Mandela Foundation http://www.nelsonmandela.org/content/mini-site/selected-quotes
1990s

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President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist 1918–2013

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