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reminder of what it's like to be human. >> secretary cohen. nelson mandela is one that did not want to be celebrated. mandela wanted all of us to as he has forgive not forget, forgive and move forward. >> well he was a man of great humility with all other attributes we have been commemorating. humility is among them. i might say janet and i spent time in his jail cell on robin island. i felt myself getting angry over the fact he had to spend any time there. forgiveness certainly was deep in his heart and marked his character for all of us to carry forward. i hope as your dialogue has been going back and forth that other people in public life, in private life, will look to him and say this is a man who showed the way forward.
others. one armed with the hope he'll rise even in the end. it always astounded me as an observer how this man that endure s du much could remain a symbol of stability, calm, humility and warmth. it was a position we witness in so few people in our lives. >> without a doubt. i think that's exactly why at this moment you're talking about a worldwide fig yuurefigure. i remember when the united nations had the 50th anniversary, seeing mandela there among the world leaders. you could see the others interacting with him in a special way, different from anyone else. there was an understanding he somehow transended politics, he had as a human being been able to touch the hearts of everybody no matter what your political
and found a way to benefit from confinement. he said people tend to measure themselves by external accomplishments but jail allows a personal to focus on internal ones such as honesty, sin scers, humility, general rositgenerosi. at the museum in jo happensburg he said, quote, you learn to look into yourself. thousands died were tortured in the struggle. when mandela emerged from prison years later, the image became an international image of freedom. south african white rule pers portrayed him as the spearhead of the majority. and they insisted bloodshed to other countries as they shook