born during ww1, far from the corridors of power, a boy raised herding cattle and tutored by elders of his thembu tribe-Madiba would stand as the last liberator of the 20th century.like Gandhi, he would lead a resistance mvt -a mvt that at its start held little pr0spect of success.like king he would give potent voice to the claims of the oppressed, and the moral necessity of racial justice. he would endure a brutal imprisonment that began in the time of kennedy and khrushchev, and reached final days of cold war. emerging from prison, without force of arms he would, like lincoln-hold his coumtry together when it threatened to break apart. like america s founding fathers, he would erect a constitutional order to preserve freedom for future generations-a commitment to democracy and rule of law ratified nt only by his election, bt by his willingness to step down from power. obama on the memorial service of mandela.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 06:07:21 +0000
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