Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Nelson Mandela Best Wishes From a Khmer Guy


Along with the millions of South Africans praying and countless well wishers across the world, as a Cambodian, I would like to send my own personal prayers and best wishes to a former South African President Nelson Mandela who is 94-year-old and remains in critical condition in a  Pretoria hospital due to a recurring lung infection , according to the South African government, and multiple sources have confirmed that he is no longer able to breathe unassisted.
 

“I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.” - Nelson Mandela

Today and in the future, we shall hold high Nelson Mandela’s vision of social justice, freedom, and peace for all.

Reuters/Jacquelyn Martin/Pool
Clinton meets with Nelson Mandela, 94, former president of South Africa, at his home in Qunu, South Africa in 2012. 
'We need you': Just a few of the messages and tributes for former South African Nelson Mandela left on the security wall of the hospital where he is being treated

We love you: One of the dozens of hand-made messages of support for former South African President Nelson Mandela posted to the wall outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital

Tributes: A police officer places flowers for former South African President Nelson Mandela outside the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria, where the former anti-apartheid leader is being treated for a lung infection 

 

Nelson Mandela Quotes

 Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

 A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

 If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

 

You can find out more about his quotes http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/n/nelson_mandela.html

 

Photos: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348030/Nelson-Mandela-tributes-outside-hospital-father-democracy-remains-critical-condition.html