P. W. Botha - Country Quotes

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Never in the history of this country have so few people done so much for so many without acknowledgement by the international community.

P. W. Botha

I believe we are today crossing the Rubicon, Mr Chairman. In South Africa there can be no turning back. I have a manifesto for the future of our country and we must engage in positive action in the months and years that lie ahead.

P. W. Botha

We are a strong country in a rather sick world. … Our problems are not so much racial as radicals wish to make them.

P. W. Botha

I am one of those who believe that there is no permanent home for even a section of the Bantu in the white area of South Africa and the destiny of South Africa depends on this essential point. If the principle of permanent residence for the black man in the area of the white is accepted then it is the beginning of the end of civilisation as we know it in this country.

P. W. Botha

Our enemies latched unto the word "apartheid" and in a very sly manner transformed it into the strongest weapon in the onslaught against freedom and civilization in our country.

P. W. Botha