Rest Well, Troublemaker

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Madiba

“He was born Rolihlahla Mandela on July 18, 1918, in Mvezo, a tiny village of cows, corn and mud huts in the rolling hills of the Transkei, a former British protectorate in the south. His given name, he enjoyed pointing out, translates colloquially as ‘troublemaker.’” —New York Times obit New Yorker cover by Kadir Nelson.

“Today the world lost one of the true giants of the past century. Nelson Mandela was a man of incomparable honor, unconquerable strength, and unyielding resolve — a saint to many, a hero to all who treasure liberty, freedom and the dignity of humankind. . . . Madiba may no longer be with us, but his journey continues on with me and with all of us.” —Morgan Freeman, actor, played Mandela in the 2009 movie “Invictus”
 
“We will not likely see the likes of Nelson Mandela again—so it falls to us as best we can to forward the example that he set: to make decisions guided not by hate, but by love, to never discount the difference that one person can make, to strive for a future that is worthy of his sacrifice.” —President Barack Obama

  “He put his family, his country, his time, his life on the line, and he won most of these contests. Stubborn ’til the end for all the right reasons, it felt like he very nearly outstared his maker. Today, finally, he blinked. And some of us cry, knowing our eyes were opened to so much because of him.” —Bono, Irish singer and global activist

“History will remember Nelson Mandela as a champion for human dignity and freedom, for peace and reconciliation. We will remember him as a man of uncommon grace and compassion, for whom abandoning bitterness and embracing adversaries was not just a  political strategy but a way of life.” —Bill Clinton, the first U.S. president to visit South Africa while in office, remembered Mandela as “a true friend.” 

“I was made, by the law, a criminal, not because of what I had done, but because of what I stood for, because of what I thought, because of my conscience.” —Nelson Mandela, during his 1962 trial

“I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.” —Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), from Long Walk to Freedom, 1995

• Editorial Comment: Stand tall, Rolihlahla. Walk on.

• President Barack Obama’s statement (PBS video) 
• TIME magazine’s Mandela issue, by biographer Richard Stengel
• New York Times obit
• Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Turnley’s photo tribute
 

War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth.
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