• It is the meaning of what my life has been since a youth - to try to fight for the dignity and the freedom of my own people.

    Graca Machel: It is the meaning of what my life has been since a youth - to try to fight for the dignity and the freedom of my own people.
    "Graça Machel on Mandela: 'I learned to separate the man from the myth'" by David Smith, www.theguardian.com. December 6, 2013.