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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Quotes

South African academic and politician, Birth: 26-9-1936
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The years of imprisonment hardened me ... Perhaps if you have been given a moment to hold back and wait for the next blow, your emotions wouldn't be blunted as they have been in my case. When it happens every day of your life, when that pain becomes a way of life ... there is no longer anything I can fear. There is nothing the government has not done to me. There isn't any pain I haven't known.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

2.
I am the product of the masses of my country and the product of my enemy.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

'I am a consequence of the multitude of my nation and the consequence of my foe.'
3.
Together, hand in hand, with our matches and our necklaces, we shall liberate this country.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

Unified, clasping hands, with our torches and adornments, we shall free this land.