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The Freedom Charter is the only historic document that we have where the people have registered their voice and their aspirations.
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The speaker presents the Freedom Charter as a historic record of what ordinary people said they wanted and hoped for. “Registered their voice” suggests that their views were formally recorded, while “their aspirations” points to their hopes for the future. Calling it the “only” such document stresses how uniquely important the speaker believes it is.
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- Nelson Mandela Foundation
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- Official Statement
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