Dennis Ross is an American diplomat and author. He has served as the Director of Policy Planning in the State Department under President George H. W. Bush, the special Middle[…]
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Ross wants to ask Nelson Mandela how how he retained his capacity to see the needs of the other, rather than being consumed by hate.
Question: Whom would you interview, and what would you ask?
Dennis Ross: The one person I would ask to interview would be Nelson Mandela. And I would ask him how did he retain his equanimity? How did he not become consumed by hate? How did he retain the capacity to see the needs of the other?
Recorded on: September 12, 2007
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