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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Jul 17

    What’s your favourite Nelson Mandela quote? Here are the key moments in his life and a few of his most famous quotes, marking #Mandela100.pic.twitter.com/MnWOhdmFEt

    9:26 PM - 17 Jul 2018
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    40 replies 677 retweets 941 likes
      1. KuNLE‏ @KunleDim Jul 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @Mbele_Roberts

        #Mandela100pic.twitter.com/omDfhtw6hD

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      1. Tebogo Khaas‏ @tebogokhaas Jul 17
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        “If the ANC does to you what the apartheid government did to you, then you must do to the ANC what you did to the apartheid government.” #Mandela100Quotes

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      1. THE MULKAH FOUNDATION UK‏ @mulkah_inc Jul 17
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        “A good head and a good heart are a formidable combination” #Mandela100

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      1. Patrick Kal...‏ @PatrickKal Jul 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        #Mandela100pic.twitter.com/D5td5ZMT2Y

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      1. DesmonD Steven‏ @iam_deezydez Aug 17
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @frediecruze

        Nobody was born hating another because of the color of their skin,if people can learn to hate then they can be taught to love coz love comes more natural to the heart than the former

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      1. DesmonD Steven‏ @iam_deezydez Jul 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @frediecruze

        Nobody was born hating another because of the color of their skin,if people can learn to hate then they can be taught to love coz love comes more natural to the heart than the former

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      1. Ihsan Daemon‏ @daemon_ihsan Jul 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world. (Nelson Mandela) #Mandela100.pic.twitter.com/KGJnyJJIfh

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      1. Bernice‏ @Bernice_ Jul 17
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        A winner is a dreamer who never gives up #MandelaDay2018 ❤️

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      1. Allehone Abebe‏ @Allehone Jul 17
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones. Madiba remembered

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      1. John Mark Kipkoech‏ @_KipkoechLelei Jul 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

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      1. KK. Oyeyemi‏ @Kkoyeyemi Jul 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        "There is no Keener revelations of a society's soul than the way its treats its children." #Mandela100

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      1. Admire Masaga‏ @admiremasaga Jul 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It always seems impossible until it's done. #Mandela100 #MandelaDay

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      1. Nduta Martha  ✨‏ @NdutaMartha Jul 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        ‘For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.’ - - Nelson Mandela, #Mandela100

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      1. KESI‏ @KESIGAN10 Jul 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        pic.twitter.com/GZ8hxHwIgb

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      1. Thab's 🍀‏ @thabisojoy02 Jul 17
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        "A saint is sinner that keeps on trying".

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      1. Ihsan Daemon‏ @daemon_ihsan Jul 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. (Nelson Mandela) #Mandela100pic.twitter.com/VVootMOBhK

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      1. albert ernst‏ @ernstgvmnt Jul 19
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        ...Ur mistake is to think that ur enemies are our enemies

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      1. Perry Mistry‏ @SJSVGreenTech Jul 18
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @gabriellebourne

        AFRICA CONTINENT PRESENTS 💝 🎁 LARGEST OPPORTUNITIES OF _CENTURY_AskMEY_AskMeAnything California is The Agricultural Basket of USA 🇺🇸 But The AFRICA CONTINENT IS THE AGRICULTURAL BASKET oF THE WORLD 🌎 & *Computer Trained FARMERs 👩‍🌾 from India 🇮🇳 R Ready2Work! Perry!

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