"Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, the power to unite people that little else has ... It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers." (Mandela)
"Stripped to its essentials politics is about persuading people, winning them over. All politicians are professional seducers."
"Where Mandela - the anti-Hitler - had an edge over the lot of them, where he was unique, was in the scope of his ambition."
These quotes taken from the introduction of the book will help us understand Mandela's role in South Africa as well as his aim. He knew sport, rugby in this case, could be used to join a country severed in two in a way no one would ever dream of changing. But Mandela was a true politician who used his skills to reach his goal: to have one country for all the citizens of South Africa.
As you read the book, leave here some quotes with a brief explanation of why you chose them.
"Stripped to its essentials politics is about persuading people, winning them over. All politicians are professional seducers."
"Where Mandela - the anti-Hitler - had an edge over the lot of them, where he was unique, was in the scope of his ambition."
These quotes taken from the introduction of the book will help us understand Mandela's role in South Africa as well as his aim. He knew sport, rugby in this case, could be used to join a country severed in two in a way no one would ever dream of changing. But Mandela was a true politician who used his skills to reach his goal: to have one country for all the citizens of South Africa.
As you read the book, leave here some quotes with a brief explanation of why you chose them.
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