Success in politics demands that you must take your people into confidence about your views and state them very clearly, very politely, very calmly, but nevertheless, state them openly.
Nelson MandelaAbout author
- Author's profession: Statesman
- Nationality: south african
- Born: July 18, 1918
- Died: December 5, 2013
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