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他是谁?
纳尔逊・罗利赫拉赫拉・曼德拉(Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela),1918年7月18日生于南非东开普省一个部落酋长家庭。青年时代,他因反抗种族隔离制度加入非洲人国民大会(ANC),1964 年在利沃尼亚审判中被判终身监禁,在罗本岛等监狱度过了 27 年铁窗生涯,1990年2月11日获释。
出狱后的他选择宽恕而非复仇,推动南非和平转型。1993年获诺贝尔和平奖,1994年当选南非首位黑人总统,1999年卸任后投身慈善与公共事务。2013年12月5日逝世,享年95岁。
Nelson Mandela International Day
他的声音
教育是我们所能拥有的改变世界最强大的武器。
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
仇恨是后天习得的,如果可以学会仇恨,就同样可以教会他们爱 —— 因为爱比恨更贴近人的天性。
People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
自由不仅仅意味着摆脱自身的枷锁,更意味着以一种尊重并增进他人自由的方式生活。
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
我怀有一个民主自由社会的理想,在这个社会里,所有人和谐共处、机会均等。我愿为之而生,也准备为之而死。
I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
当我走出囚室、迈向自由的大门时,我已经明白:如果不能把悲痛与怨恨留在身后,那么我其实仍在狱中。
As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.
真正的和解不是遗忘过去。
True reconciliation does not consist in merely forgetting the past.
体育有改变世界的力量,它能以鲜有其他方式能做到的方式将人们团结在一起。
Sport has the power to change the world, it has the power to unite people in a way that little else does.
战胜贫困不是慈善之举,而是正义之举。
Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.
没有一把斧头锋利到足以斩断一个不断尝试的人的灵魂 —— 只要他心中仍怀有终将崛起的希望。
No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.
让自由主宰一切。愿这片美丽的土地永远、永远不再蒙受人压迫人的苦难,不再承受被世界唾弃的屈辱。
Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world. Let freedom reign.
他留下了什么?
曼德拉留给人类的不仅是一个没有种族隔离的新南非,更是一种精神指引:以宽恕代替报复,以对话代替对抗,以和解代替分裂。真正的自由,从来不是一个人的自由,而是所有人的自由。
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