Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Page #7

when I was leaving Boipatong...

and I want to read it to you.

It says,

"No peace."

Do not talk about peace.

We have had enough.

Please, Mr. Mandela,

no peace.

Give us weapons,

"not peace."

Here is my answer.

There is only one way forward,

and that is peace.

I know that is not

what you want to hear,

but there is no other way.

I am your leader,

and as long as I am your leader,

I'm going to give you leadership.

As long as I am your leader,

I am going to tell you always

when you are wrong,

and I tell you now,

you are wrong.

I have given my

life to the struggle.

I've been willing to die.

I have lost 27 years of my life

in prison,

but I tell you now,

I have forgiven them.

If I can forgive them...

then you can forgive them.

We cannot win a war,

but we can win an election.

So, my people...

stay home...

be peaceful,

and when election day comes...

vote.

- Cut there.

- Ja, we've cut.

After so much suffering,

why would anyone believe

that putting a mark on

a piece of paper...

is going to change the world?

I still dream the old dream,

back in the house in Orlando.

I can hear all the ones

that I have loved most in the world.

I want to reach them...

to touch them...

... but they have gone.

Tata...

Madiba, are you ready for this?

These are my jailers now.

This is a proud day,

Mr. Mandela.

Feels good.

I have walked

a long walk to freedom.

It has been a lonely road...

... and it is not over yet.

I know that my country

was not made to be a land of hatred.

No one is born hating

another person

because of the color of his skin.

People learn to hate.

They can be taught to love,

for love comes more naturally

to the human heart.

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