Prison is designed to break one's spirit and destroy one's resolve. To do this, the authorities attempt to exploit every weakness, demolish every initiative, negate all signs of individuality--all with the idea of stamping out that spark that makes each of us human and each of us who we are. Nelson Mandela
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More Quotes By Nelson Mandela
  1. Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

  2. There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

  3. I am the captain of my soul.

  4. A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it's lowest ones

  5. A winner is a dreamer who never gives up

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