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Ben Werner, Student Newspaper Editor
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Nelson Mandela and the Burmese human rights campaigner, Aung San Suu Kyi, are the only other living holders of the distinction.
Nelson Mandela has visited him recently and compared Marwan to himself saying that his imprisonment by a racist and colonialist settler-state was aimed simply at de-legitimising the just struggle of Palestinian people for their national and civil rights.
Nelson Mandela and his colleagues won the admiration of the entire world when they were magnanimous enough to bypass the crimes committed on their black people by the white South African regimes and forge a multi-racial regime.
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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso, Tibetan Monk
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Speakers like Nelson Mandela and Dalai Lama were also present at the event.
President Nelson Mandela is strong advocate of peace and is very particular about the territorial integrity of Sri Lanka.
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Athena Mondale, Spiritual Consultant
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Nelson Mandela Personne n'a plus besoin d'un sourire que celui qui ne peut pas en donner.
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Sam Hayden, Gothic Nightclub Owner
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The Nelson Mandela Room shall be open from 7am to 3am each day.
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Pete Trengle, Bass Player
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Nelson Mandela finds music very uplifting, and takes a keen interest not only in European classical music but also in African choral music and the many talents in South African music.
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John Carthy, Gun Shop Sales Assistant
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Nelson Mandela was able to say on the adoption of the Constitution that the constitution belonged to no one party; it belonged to them all, even if, or especially because, no one party had had all its demands met.
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Jack Crawford, WWII Veteran
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Nelson Mandela was to feature prominently in these efforts and was, himself, to receive military training abroad in Algeria and Ethiopia between 1961 and 1962.
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Bob Greenberg, Congressional Candidate
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Nelson Mandela was elected president of the new Government of National Unity by the National Assembly, and the ANC chose 17 of the 20 elected and seven appointed members of the cabinet.
Nelson Mandela was elected President of the ANC while his lifelong friend and colleague, Oliver Tambo, became the organization's National Chairperson.
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