P. W. Botha - Afrikaner Quotes

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The idea of an Afrikaner people as a cultural entity and religious group with a special language will be retained in South Africa as long as civilisation stands.

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There is only one element that can break the Afrikaner … and that is the Afrikaner himself.

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Lord Milner had, in the forced Peace of Vereeniging ensured that there was to be no franchise for black people after the introduction of self-government - which was never intended. It was only after half a century that an Afrikaner government started doing something about black rights.

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The security and happiness of all minority groups in South Africa depend on the Afrikaner. Whether they are English- or German- or Portuguese- or Italian-speaking, or even Jewish-speaking, makes no difference.

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I am tired of constantly hearing how guilty the Afrikaner and the National Party are and the time has come that this myth be crushed.

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I hate no black man. I hate no brown man. The same God that made me put them there too. My God is not only for Afrikaners.

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