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Moment ago former secretary of state hillary clinton offered her thoughts. >> nelson mandela will be remembered for many things. he'll certainly be remembered for the way he led, his dignity, his extraordinary understanding, not just of how to brink democracy and freedom to his beloved south africa but how important it was he first brought freedom to himself. >> we'll get thoughts from nobel peace prize laureate after the break. ellie weasel

It. i was one of the election observers in '94, i went over. after they voted in three days. you don't vote on a president, anc won, you vote on a party. we were in a hotel in a gathering with mr. mandela. i'll never forget, he said you cannot be afraid to grow and evolve. you have got to be willing to continue to grow, if you're going to be effective, and he grew. you've got to remember there were a lot of nationalist groups that said he had turned soft, sold out. there were a lot of different tensions there. he was able to withstand the hatred and opposition of the african, a whites and he w...

Msnbc's very own chris matthews. chris, we have a whole panel in new york. i want to go to you first. you spoke with the president yesterday. there's a lot of talk about nelson mandela's legacy but i want to start with the man himself. nelson mandela was not just a leader of south africa, he was a global visionary. you spent time in south africa. i wonder as a man interested in struggles of democracy and repressed people and the foundations of democracy and principles of it around the world, what is your experience with the legacy of nelson mandela? >> he really was put away. robben island was...