Nelson Mandela Though almost almost an exact parallel to those suck leaders as Malcolm X or Muhammed Ghandi, Nelson Mandela's life has been solely lead on by his beliefs. Never once has abandoned his morals to avoid punishment, but on the contrary, stood up for them at every juncture in his life. For many years of his life, Nelson Mandela stood up for those who had no way to stand up for themselves in South …showed first 75 words of 690 total…

…showed last 75 words of 690 total…had suffered and sacrificed their lives to bring peace to the land. Although it has been a long and painful ordeal, Nelson Mandela has always been resilient in standing up for his beliefs and has never given up. He has now retired from public life and lives with his wife in the village where he was born. Throughout Nelson Mandela's life, he has always stood up for his beliefs no matter what the consequences were.