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"While in jail, Mandela was surrounded by armed guards who never took their eyes off him. Now, wherever Mandela goes he is surrounded by armed guards who never take their eyes off him. In a sense, he has exchanged one form of prison for another, and the revolutionary who was a threat to the state has become the prisoner of fame and power."
— Newspaper article
Sad to say, dear President, your prison guards have now been replaced by security guards. God Himself plays jokes on His human children from time to time!
— Newspaper article
But your most important guards are your inner wisdom, your innate nobility, your constant self-giving and your abiding love for your country and its people. That is why you always remain far beyond the snares of fame and power.
Sri Chinmoy, Nelson Mandela: the Pinnacle-Pillar of Mother Earth, Agni Press, 1998
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