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" Whites, like ourselves, belong to our country. They are compatriots, fellow citizens... we see them as Africans. "

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" How do you deal with a criminal that will not listen to what you have to say and who continues his policy of violence? Some say you continue to talk and let him tire himself out. But nearly 40 years after the institution of apartheid, is there anyone who still believes that verbal persuasion will work? "

" The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back. "

" Our target is not negotiations, it is the end of the apartheid system. There can be no compromise about that. "

" Those who want to perpetuate apartheid also seek to divert your attention to the false issue of communism, to send the entire American public on a witch hunt. "

" The land on which the cattle grazed was communal property. It was owned by no one. It was nobody's private farm. It was the common property of the people, shared by the people. So the practice of sharing was central to the concept of ownership of property. "

" The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest. "

" The more pressure you bring from without, the less internal pressure is necessary. "

" If apartheid is removed, then the violence that is necessary to maintain it will be removed along with the pressures from apartheid which create a violent response. "

" It was becoming clear that, from being at the top at Holy Cross, we were at the bottom at St. Peter's. Objectively, this was very good, for it offered us a challenge and an opportunity to grow if we were ready to take it; and we surely were. "

" Apartheid either is or is not. And it must not be. "

" This uprising of 1976-77 was, of course, the historic watershed... Within a short period of time, it propelled into the forefront of our struggle millions of young people. "

" In Holy Cross, I came to like school, to like studying in a way I had never done before. "

" We believe that the world, too, can destroy apartheid, firstly by striking at the economy of South Africa. "

" I was just an ordinary student. I'd always gotten along with authorities quite well. "

" We seek to create a united Democratic and non-racial society. "

" It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction. "

" We had to forge an alliance of strength based not on colour but on commitment to the total abolition of apartheid and oppression; we would seek allies, of whatever colour, as long as they were totally agreed on our liberation aims. "

" The sanctions will not kill us. It's apartheid that's killing us. "

" I am convinced that the world-wide protests during the Rivonia trial saved Mandela and his fellow-accused from a death sentence. But in South Africa, a life sentence means imprisonment until death - or until the defeat of the government which holds these men prisoner. "

" Racial discrimination, South Africa's economic power, its oppression and exploitation of all the black peoples, are part and parcel of the same thing. "

" Responsibility for the proper conduct of children was not confined to their parents only. When they misbehaved, they misbehaved against the community. And a senior member of the community was expected to do something about it. "

" We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity. "

" Apartheid is inherently a practice of violence. "

" For decades, we resisted violence - until Sharpeville. "

" The true facts are not always obvious. They often have to be looked for. "

" We all belong to South Africa, and South Africa belongs to us all. "

" Using the power you derive from the discovery of the truth about racism in South Africa, you will help us to remake our part of the world into a corner of the globe on which all - of which all of humanity can be proud. "

" I can see quite clearly that if there was a single event that launched me on the road to ultimate involvement at the heart of South African politics, it was an assault on an African woman by her white employer in a kitchen in Fort Hare. "

" The violence associated with the A.N.C. is minimal, infinitesimal next to the violence of the apartheid regime. "

" There is nothing in ANC policy which calls for attacks on civilians in supermarkets, schools, and cinemas unless these are regarded as military installations. "