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We've compiled a gallery containing some of the great man's most inspirational quotes.

Nelson Mandela, the iconic anti-apartheid leader and former president of South Africa walked from from Victor Verster Prison on this day 25 years ago.

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He had spent 27 years incarcerated after being convicted of conspiracy to overthrow the state.

 

 

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