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“We have a Constitution we can be proud of, now let's make it work.”
Source: Speech at the signing of the Constitution, Sharpeville, 10 December 1996
Context As Constitutional Assembly chairperson, he spoke at Sharpeville as President Mandela signed the new Constitution into law, marking the end of two years of drafting.
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