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Those who conduct themselves with morality, integrity and consistency need not fear the forces of inhumanity and cruelty.

— Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela on integrity, At the British Red Cross Humanity Lecture, Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre, London, England (10 July 2003). Source: From Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations © 2010 by Nelson R. Mandela and The Nelson Mandela Foundation

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