• Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.

  Source: Documentary Mandela (1994)

  Nelson Mandela
  South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and political leader 1918-2013
  

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1. inevitable
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3. therefore
4. eternity
5. effort
6. sleep

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Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity. by : Nelson Mandela

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