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"Your parents and elders sacrificed much so that you should have freedom without suffering what they did. Use this precious right to ensure that the darkness of the past never returns." ~ Nelson Mandela during an address at the Opening of the President's Budget Debate, Parliament, Cape Town, South Africa, 2 March 1999

"Your parents and elders sacrificed much so that you should have freedom without suffering what they did. Use this precious right to ensure that the darkness of the past never returns." ~ Nelson Mandela during an address at the Opening of the President's Budget Debate, Parliament, Cape Town, South Africa, 2 March 1999

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