Born under the English flag, I do not wish to die under it.

His last message to his people

Clarens, Switzerland, June 19, 1904. As reported in: South Africa: To the Sources of Apartheid (University Press of America, 1989), p. 586. Variant translation: "I was born under the English flag, but I have no wish to die under it."

Internet Archive Paul Kruger Quotes (in Dutch)


Born under the English flag, I do not wish to die under it.

Born under the English flag, I do not wish to die under it.

Born under the English flag, I do not wish to die under it.

Born under the English flag, I do not wish to die under it.