But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.' It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. 'I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. 'During my lifetime, I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people,' he tells the court. 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom' takes us through his long life - the opening scenes of his tribal boyhood in Qunu, where he was buried last month his first marriage, law practice and early home life in Soweto his growing involvement with the African National Congress (ANC) his rejection of nonviolence his leadership with the ANC military wing his eventual arrest and trial, and the threat of the death penalty. And in my book, time spent meditating on the lives of great peacemakers and justice-seekers is always time well spent.

Idris Elba as Mandela and Naomie Harris as Winnie Mandela are extraordinary. I think 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom' is excellent and inspiring. Some dismissed it as a typical TV biopic. I know some reviewers found the script for the Mandela film a bit plodding. It's still the best movie ever made, in my opinion. Then he found the best actors and shot every scene with meticulous detail, even getting a million people to recreate Gandhi's funeral march. 'Gandhi' succeeded because Richard Attenborough worked on the script for 20 years. That's why there's never been a movie about Martin Luther King Jr. Of course, it's an enormous undertaking to boil Nelson Mandela's epic life down to a two-hour film. That quote concludes the new movie 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.' It's a fitting summation to a powerful film that I urge everyone to see.

People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.' 'No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or background or religion.

Mandela walk to freedom