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Great speeches: Nelson Mandela

Full and edited versions of Nelson Mandela's 'An ideal for which I'm prepared to die' speech, delivered from the dock at the Supreme Court of South Africa, Pretoria, on 20 April 1964
  • An ideal for which I am prepared to die

  • A triumph over indifference

  • An ideal for which I am prepared to die - part 1

  • An ideal for which I am prepared to die - part 2

  • Life terms all round in Mandela trial

    June 13 1964: Nelson Mandela smiled and gave the thumbs-up sign as he was driven away to life imprisonment today, but was unable to catch a final glimpse of his wife and four-year-old daughter standing forlornly on the corner of the street.
  • Mandela planned sabotage in struggle for emancipation

    April 21 1964: Two African leaders, Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu, told the court trying them here today that their aim was emancipation from white domination, and they had come to regard violence as inevitable.
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