85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
What turned up
From his unpublished autobiographical manuscript, written 1975 on Robben Island; cited via the Nelson Mandela Foundation's authorised quotations archive.
Sources checked
en.wikiquote.orgChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 21 August 20261970s section, dated manuscript
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