And every one forgave him, and even voted him into power.
All because South African Apartheid was fundamentally evil.
People forgave him because he actually changed his tactics, asked forgiveness and sued for peace instead of revenge.
“People tend to measure themselves by external accomplishments, but jail allows a person to focus on internal ones, such as honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, generosity and an absence of variety,” Mandela once said, according to a quote at the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg. “You learn to look into yourself.”
What's going on in the middle east is horrible. But, let's not change history to fit your narrative.
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