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A new world will be won

"A new world will be won not by those who stand at a distance with their arms folded, but by those who are in the arena" ~ Nelson Mandela from a letter to Winnie Mandela, written on Robben Island, 23 June 1969

"A new world will be won not by those who stand at a distance with their arms folded, but by those who are in the arena" ~ Nelson Mandela from a letter to Winnie Mandela, written on Robben Island, 23 June 1969

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