Nelson Mandela Quotes
When I went to jail, I was a trained lawyer. And when the wardens received letters of demands or summonses, they didn't have the resources to go to an attorney to help them. I would help them settle their cases, so they became attached to me and the other prisoners.
Mandela, Nelson. Interview with Larry King. Larry King Live, CNN, 16 May 2000.
He was trying to immigrate illegally to a number of countries and tried Beersheba in Israel which is in the desert—a climate with which he was familiar. With the Arab Israeli conflict ongoing, it is rare to get a description of the Israeli jails from someone who is not a party to the conflict.
He was explaining why Section 2 of the Civil Rights Act which allowed normal lawsuits to be filed against officials who were installing schemes to make it difficult for minorities to vote just did not work. Section 5—Preclearance he argued was needed. Preclearance was a requirement that any change in the voting or registration laws, rules or procedures needed to be approved by the Federal Justice Department.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation. Ideologically an African nationalist and socialist, he served as the president of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997.
