Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader, is a towering figure who can not be compared to any world leader worth his salt. There is an attempt in the Philippines to compare him with the "hero" Benigno Aquino and even the convicted economic plunderer Joseph Estrada Those who advocated this idea are hallucinating, for the great Madiba was unique and the situation for which he struggled came once in a lifetime.
His article of faith, no doubt his guiding principle
in his crusade, is probably summed up in the following quotation attributed to him. This one is also for writers who should look for and write and speak the truth:
"Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others--qualities which are within easy reach of every soul--are the foundations of one's spiritual life."
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