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“Most blacks are happy, except those who have had other ideas pushed into their ears.”
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P. W. Botha
Source : "Dictionary of South African Quotations". Book by Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books, p. 53, 1994.
#Ideas Quotes
#Ears Quotes
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“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.”
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P. W. Botha
Source : The Guardian, February 7, 2006.
#Country Quotes
#Believe Quotes
#Home Quotes
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“Nelson Mandela can rot in prison until he dies or I die, whichever takes longer.”
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P. W. Botha
Source : Sunday Times, November 5, 2006.
#Prison Quotes
#Dies Quotes
#Nelson Quotes
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“I am sick and tired of the hollow parrot-cry of "Apartheid!" I've said many times that the word "Apartheid" means good neighbourliness.”
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P. W. Botha
Source : "Country of My Skull" by Antjie Krog, Random House, (p. 270), 1998.
#Tired Quotes
#Mean Quotes
#Sick Quotes
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“There is only one element that can break the Afrikaner, and that is the Afrikaner himself. It is when the Afrikaner, like a baboonshot in the stomach, pulls out his own intestines. We must guard against that.”
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P. W. Botha
#Broken Quotes
#Elements Quotes
#Break Quotes
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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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P. W. Botha
Source : "Dictionary of South African Quotations" by Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books, (p. 11), 1994.
#Religious Quotes
#Ideas Quotes
#Long Quotes
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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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P. W. Botha
Source : Sunday Times, November 5, 2006.
#Play Quotes
#People Quotes
#Fur Quotes
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“I am not against the provision of the necessary medical assistance to Coloured and natives, because, unless they receive that medical aid, they become a source of danger to the European community.”
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P. W. Botha
Source : "Dictionary of South African Quotations" by Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books, (p. 244), 1994.
#Community Quotes
#Medical Quotes
#Aids Quotes
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“You could not claim for yourself that which you were not prepared to grant others.”
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P. W. Botha
Source : "A Treasury of Quotations", Lennox-Short and Lee, Donker, (p. 203), 1991.
#Claims Quotes
#Grants Quotes
#Prepared Quotes
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“I never have the nagging doubt of wondering whether perhaps I am wrong.”
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P. W. Botha
Source : "Dictionary of South African Quotations" by Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books, (p. 285), 1994.
#Doubt Quotes
#Nagging Quotes
#Wonder Quotes
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“We do not want chaos in South Africa.”
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P. W. Botha
Source : Sunday Times, November 5, 2006.
#Want Quotes
#Chaos Quotes
#South Quotes
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“The security and happiness of all minority groups in South Africa depend on the Afrikaner. Whether they are English- or German- or Portuguese- or Italian-speaking, or even Jewish-speaking, makes no difference.”
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P. W. Botha
Source : Sunday Times, November 5, 2006.
#Italian Quotes
#Differences Quotes
#Groups Quotes
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“The free world wants to feed South Africa to the Red Crocodile [communism], to appease its hunger.”
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P. W. Botha
Source : "Dictionary of South African Quotations" by Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books, (p. 90), 1994.
#World Quotes
#Want Quotes
#Red Quotes
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“The acceptance of vertical differentiation with the built-in principle of self-determination must apply on as many levels as possible.”
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P. W. Botha
Source : Sunday Times, November 5, 2006.
#Determination Quotes
#Acceptance Quotes
#Self Quotes
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“Our history is responsible for the differences in the South African way of life.”
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P. W. Botha
Source : "Dictionary of South African Quotations" by Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books, (p. 183), 1994.
#Differences Quotes
#Way Quotes
#Responsible Quotes
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“South Africa is not a jellyfish and is in many respects a swordfish.”
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P. W. Botha
Source : Sunday Times, November 5, 2006.
#Jellyfish Quotes
#South Quotes
#South Africa Quotes
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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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P. W. Botha
Source : "Dictionary of South African Quotations" by Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books, (p. 251), 1994.
#People Quotes
#Conviction Quotes
#Apartheid Quotes
