We could recite by heart the last words of his 1964 Rivonia Trial speech, one of the most thrilling affirmations of the human spirit ever uttered: “a free society…is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”
我们可以在心中默默记诵曼德拉1964年里沃尼亚审判讲话中的最后字句，这是有史以来对人类精神最惊心动魄的诠释：“自由社会…是我希望能为之奋斗并实现的理想。但假使有必要，我也准备为理想而献身。”但究竟有多少尊严和理想能逃脱南大西洋罗本岛上27年牢狱生活的折磨？