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Nelson Mandela: If it need be, it is an idea for which I am prepared to die.

On the recordDecember 5, 2013
If it need be, it is an idea for which I am prepared to die.
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Nelson Mandela

Editor's note · Context

Mandela expresses his commitment to the idea of freedom, indicating he would sacrifice his life for it.

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