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While this is true, the remarkable part about Mandela is that his greatest accomplishments came 27 years after leaving the path of violence. He left prison not
by cm2012 13y ago
While this is true, the remarkable part about Mandela is that his greatest accomplishments came 27 years after leaving the path of violence. He left prison not seeking revenge when it was possible, but offering forgiveness and hope.
- mcantelon 13y agoMandela was a pragmatist. Non-violence was a tactic that fit the strategic need.
- lennel 13y agotactic yes, but also a great appeal to his humanist intellectual position.
- capex 13y agoHe could've been out of jail in a moment if he ever wanted to be a pragmatist.
- Crito 13y agoWould leaving jail under those circumstances have helped his cause? If not, then doing so would not have been pragmatic.