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It took a man like Madiba to free not just the prisoner, but the jailer as well to show that you must trust others so that they may trust you; to teach that reconciliation is not a matter of ignoring a cruel past, but a means of confronting it with inclusion and generosity and truth.

— Barack Obama Eulogy of Nelson Mandela (2013)

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My view is that this is the beginning, not the end, of what is going to be a journey that takes some time.

We may have occasion in our lifetime to once again rise up in defense of our freedom, and pay the wages of war.

But he understood from hard-earned experience that true security comes through making peace with your neighbors.

The only certainty in war is human suffering, uncertain costs, unintended consequences.

Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.

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