<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=543776" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Symbol For Peace, Freedom And Justice</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">To want freedom and justice for his people was Mandela's only crime<br>And his freedom taken from him and in jail he spent his prime<br>But the first democratically elected President of South Africa not one to hold a grudge<br>His former oppressors he's forgiven he does not condemn or judge.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The now ex President of South Africa is a legend in his time<br>His potrait painted by famous artists and he's inspired the bards to rhyme<br>His fame has spread around the World far distant from his Country's shore<br>And the name of Nelson Mandela destined to live forever more.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He was wrongfully imprisoned yet a grudge he does not hold<br>And his life well documented and his story often told<br>In his old age quite a hero and so many he inspire<br>And a fellow like Mandela is so easy to admire</div><div style="margin:10px 0">One of the few inspirational figures in the history of human<br>kind<br>And his equals are not many people like him hard to find<br>A symbol for peace, freedom and justice he is one who can forgive<br>And the name of Nelson Mandela forever is destined to live.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Francis+Duggan">Francis Duggan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=543776" data-title="A Symbol For Peace, Freedom And Justice de Francis Duggan" data-description="To want freedom and justice for his people was Mandela's only crime And his freedom taken from him and in jail he spent his prime But the first democratically elected President of South Africa not one to hold a grudge His former oppressors he's fo..."></div> </div> </div>

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