RIP sir.

Al Jazeera America News - Remembering Nelson Mandela
http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/live-news/2013/12/remembering-nelsonmandela.html

4:56 VIDEO - Dec 5, 2013

What a beautiful sweet man.

RIP Nelson. We have lost another bright star.

@BloombergNews: Nelson Mandela has died, South Africa President Zuma says -- WATCH LIVE: http://t.co/DX4sSAZFM7

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Is this confirmed?

in a press conference.

Your journey was hard and often painful, but in the end, you persevered - and changed the world for the better.

What he did took such sacrifice and it took a long time but he won for the HUMAN race.

What a loss it is he has gone. He will be so missed by human beings.

RIP Mr Mandela.

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He was a person that truly changed the world.

Rest in peace.

I learned it from here.

I may never achieve anything of lasting value to the human race, but I had the chance to be one of Mandela's many, many admirers, and to appreciate his greatness while he was still in the process of realizing it. That was awesome, and it still makes me smile today. What a guy.

said it better myself. What a sad day, yet a day to celebrate the life of a rare human. Too bad there are so few Mandelas in the world. The only one I can think of to come close is the Dalai Lama. What a glorious man Mandela was and what a phenomenal legacy he left behind!

of the last 40 years.

RIP, Mr. Mandela. You are one of the few politicians who can honestly say they made the world a better place.

Sad and grateful Respect, Honorable and Distinguished Mr. Mandela. ?♡

rest in peace, Nelson.

I will always remember him with this meaningful quote:

"As long as one man is unjustly imprisoned, all men are unjustly imprisoned."

RIP.

Obama is no doubt going to attend a State Funeral now.

And of COURSE, the Right will claim it costs a fortune and some will openly call on him to stay there.

RIP

Well done.

Although not unexpected, he was 95 years old so we were blessed to have him a part of our world for so long.

Mandela gave us hope that we can fight back even when being oppressed by the minority! His name will be remembered for generations to come whereas those who jailed him have already been forgotten.

-Laelth

"humblebragging" all over channel 7 about his close relationship with Mandela.

I can't wait for the national coverage--this "all about MEEEEEEE" stuff he's shopping is getting in the way of the history.

What a great loss. This world didn't deserve him. He was a precious gift. I worry that we will have learned nothing from his life.

I was fortunate to meet him in 2003 in Cape Town and was in awe of his humility and wisdom.

Two months ago, I tried to get an audience with him in Jo'burg but was unsuccessful.

No one living has inspired me more than Mandela.

Hope his legacy lives on and shines a new path in Africa and beyond.

The very air seems less robust.

Rest in peace and thank you, sir.

Even if a good part of it was spent in prison, he inspired so many and motivated significant change. I remember and supported the Apartheid movement in the early '80's when I was in college. He was an inspiration and represented the Universal quest for freedom.

I was just reading not a week ago about the "Mandela Effect". Apparently many people believe he had died in prison years ago - but that branches off into some weird stuff. It's kind of like the Pierre Trudeau effect were some of us thought he had died in the late '80's. I think this honor oftentimes occurs to those who truly made a difference.

RIP, great man. And thank you for the inspiration that was your life.

One of the bravest souls to travel this Earth...

last forever.

May his name be praised.

My sympathies go out to his family.

and learned of his passing on DU. Damn, something must be in my eye, I need a tissue.

. . . who ever would have predicted, back then, that after an experience like that he would go on to live another 23 years? Amazing!

R.I.P. Mr. Mandela.

He had a long, full life and he accomplished some incredible things.

He always carried himself with quiet honor and dignity.
He will be sorely missed.

As a South African who was somewhat involved in anti-apartheid politics as a student in South Africa in the late 80s/early 90s, this news is particularly poignant. I can still remember, like it was yesterday, when I was sitting in front of the television as Mr. Mandela was released on that memorable day. I can remember so well, a few years later, when we stood in line to vote, black and white, in South Africa's first democratic elections, and when, subsequently, this great man was sworn in as president of our beloved country. The years since (many of which I have spent in the US due to studies and later work, but I visit regularly and keep in touch with people there) have not been without its problems for South Africa, and sadly Mr. Mandela's successors have not been cut of the same cloth. But Madiba has shone like a beacon in the darkness, and he always will. May he now rest in eternal peace, a well deserved rest.

A great soul has passed.

Thank you, sir, for everything you sacrificed so that South Africa could become a better place for all its people.

The air sucked out of my lungs when I read the news about his passing. I am simply beside myself right now.

I knew Mr Mandela was probably dying, but I still felt ill and disconcerted when I heard it.

steps of progress - they do happen

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This world needs more like him!

The man had strengths that very few in the history of the world ever had.



I am lucky enough to have lived at the same time as Madiba.

Thank you, Mr. Mandela, for everything. The world is a better place because of you.

Thank you so much for everything.

I saw him at a rally where he said the following and will never forget it. Thank you Mr. Mandela for your strength, guidance and for being a light to us all.

"We were shown that those in exile will come back one day, those working underground in the country will emerge and that those who are in jail will return. It was partly because of your support. Our victory has become your victory.'' Nelson Mandela

You did much good

R.I.P, Nelson Mandela.

What a great man. Eternal peace, sir.

Here, he quotes Marvin Gaye.

There aren't many in the world like him.

May he rest in peace.

You were a true hero, a real freedom fighter and a peacemaker all rolled into one.

A truly remarkable man. Now you can rest from your mighty works, child of God.

Matt 5 : 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

Rest in Peace......

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I am grateful to have been alive in your time.

Sunday week - 15th.

One of the greatest spirits in the world.

Thank you, Mr. Mandela, for all you did, and all you sacrificed so that we might have a chance to be better than we were.

Would someone be willing to post this as a new thread? It is JAW-DROPPING.

From the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-abramson/supporters-of-us-senator_b_4399368.html

outliving your enemies and being honored and vindicated in your own lifetime.

Float him off in a longship with lots of fireworks and drunken roistering. This was a man.

-- Mal