While Nelson Mandela was a great man, his greatness lay in forgiving those who tortured him.
NIDDERAU, GERMANY: This is apropos Chris Cork’s article “Mandela passes” (December 12). While Nelson Mandela was a great man, his greatness lay in forgiving those who tortured him. He was also a very modest man, as he once famously said, “I am not a saint. I am a sinner who keeps on trying.”
Sharif Lone
Published in The Express Tribune, December 15th, 2013.
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