Social Justice & Humanity! Commonly misattributed
“As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
— Nelson Mandela
Anti-apartheid leader and President of South Africa
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- Nelson Mandela
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- South Africa
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- Attribution status
- ! Commonly misattributed
From Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love (1992); not part of Mandela's 1994 inaugural speech.
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