Nelson Mandela unified his country when he became President. He chose to forgive and move on rather than to seek retribution. Having the mostly white crowd chant " Nelson! Nelson! Nelson!..." when he appeared at the 1995 World Rugby Cup shows how well received he was by most South Africans. He was a great man. I am in awe of people like this who dedicate their lives to the benefit of others. Additional inspirational leaders I can name are Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, and Mahatma Ghandi. Where these people come from I have no idea, but they emerge at times of need and arise to move humanity down the righteous path at great personal sacrifice.
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