Oprah: How is there no bitterness?Mandela: Well, I hated oppression (压迫). And when I think about the past, the type of things they did, I feel angry. ______________ said, “The white minority (少数派) is an enemy. We must never talk to them.” But ____________said, “If you don’t talk to these men, your country will go up in flames (毁于一旦). And, _____________________, this country will be engulfed (淹没) in rivers of blood.” So we had to reconcile (调和) that conflict, and our talking to the enemy was the result of the domination (控制，支配) of the brain over emotion.