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To make peace with an enemy one must work with that enemy, and that enemy becomes one's partner.

Nelson Mandela

1995

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Political reconciliation Enemies Peace

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Autobiography and memoir

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1995

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Nelson Mandela

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Mandela, Nelson. Long Walk to Freedom. Little, Brown and Company, 1994, pt. 11.

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