The death of Nelson Mandela

[Anita]

How fortunate we are to have lived during Mandela's time and experienced first-hand how he changed the world. Mandela and Lincoln were both lawyers. You may want to check out "Lincoln, Mandela, and Qualities of Reconciliation Oriented Leadership" by Daniel Lieberfeld. http://citation.allacademic.com//meta/p_...5427-2.php

Bill, Good question. I don't know if he read Lincoln but he asked for a copy of Eleanor Roosevelt's book "The Moral Basis of Democracy" when he was in prison. " If we are honest with ourselves today, we will acknowledge that the ideal of Democracy has never failed, but that we haven't carried it out, and in our lack of faith we have debased the human being who must have a chance to live if Democracy is to be successful." The Moral Basis of Democracy (1940)