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"I am optimistic as a person....I am optimistic because I believe in the capacity of our people to keep on struggling for their rights and not to surrender at any price."
  — Graça Machel
O adored First Lady, bravely and self-givingly you spread your sunlit optimism-heart here, there and everywhere, throughout the continent of Africa. The brightest future for your people you have envisioned, and that blessed day is fast approaching when all your cherished dreams shall be realised.
  — Graça Machel
Sri Chinmoy, Nelson Mandela: the Pinnacle-Pillar of Mother Earth, Agni Press, 1998
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