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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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It was always my desire to strike new ground and help to lend weight where it was most required.

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The A.N.C. was established in 1912 and the S.A. Communist Party in 1921, and so there has been an overlapping of membership all along the line.

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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.

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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?

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Biography

Nationality: South African

Type: Politician

Born: October 27th, 1917

Died: April 24th, 1993

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