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“Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.”

— Nelson Mandela

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Source

Title
Wikiquote: Nelson Mandela
Type
reference · Secondary source
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Context

Refusing to bargain for freedom after 21 years in prison, as quoted in TIME (25 February 1985)

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Mandela, Nelson. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Nelson Mandela. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela

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