Rumsfeld: Nelson Mandela Was ‘Almost Like Royalty in Terms of His Presence’

VAN SUSTEREN: “You know, it's so astounding -- it's absolutely stunning that you can spend 27 years in prison, emerge with no bitterness, but rather with a sense of determination to make things right.”
RUMSFELD: “And not only of a determination to make it right, but a wonderful ability to persuade others that the approach he was taking, one of understanding, one of forgiveness, I should add one of good humor, that smile, I think, did a great deal to advance his cause. You just imagine how the lives that his heroic life changed, not just in South Africa, but by his example around the world, it has truly been a very special thing during our lifetime to have seen it, and experience it, and benefit as a people from it.”