P. W. Botha - People Quotes

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The white people who came here lived at a very much higher standard than the indigenous peoples, and with a very rich tradition which they brought with them from Europe.

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I want to warn young people who lend their ears to radicals and who play around with the music from Lusaka - they will end up inside the bear's fur coat, but they will no longer be able to live.

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

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We dare not see ourselves as a chosen people. We are called people - called to a particular task, just as every nation is a called people.

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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 people who are opposing the policy of apartheid have not the courage of their convictions. They do not marry non-Europeans.

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We do not force people to move to new homes, we coerce them.

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