Remembering Nelson Mandela with a Quote from Him

Unlike Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, who were both gunned down in their fights for the respective freedom movements they established, South Africa's Nelson Mandela was able to live a full life: He died two days ago at the age of 95.

But, nevertheless, the death of this amazing man leaves a void for those you admire him around the world.

Five actors played Mandela on films, including Idris Elba, Morgan Freeman, Terence Howard, Danny Glover and Dennis Haysbert.

Here is his quote:

"Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom on their people."

SIDEBAR: We always like to periodically quote Sunday comic strips. Here is a line from "The Amazing Spiderman" by Stan Lee which was published on Nov. 17th: "How do we know it was Spider-Man who got off that plane from Cape Verde?"

Quote of the Day- Gandhi

Today, we conclude our quotes from figures who have been made into plush toys by the Unemployed Philosophers Guild with a quote from Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) who is a bit of an oxy moron in that he was one of the very, very few non-violent revolutionaries.

Gandhi actually has two things in common with Che Guevara, the subject of our last quote: One is that both men were revolutionaries, though Che went about it much differently as he killed lots and lots of people, but both were also assasinated.

In Gandhi's case, his death was a political assassination as opposed to a summary execution, but yes, the results are still pretty much the same, though Gandhi did live to be 78, whereas Che died at 39.

Gandhi fought British colonialism in India starting his famous Salt March in 1930.

On film, Ben Kingsley won an Oscar for playing Gandhi in the film by the same name, beating out the late Paul Newman, Peter O'Toole and Dustin Hoffman in the process.

Here is Gandhi's quote:

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."