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" If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it wouldn't be worth publishing. "
Alan Paton
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" I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution. "
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" To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man. "
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