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Quotes from Parliament — Harry Schwarz

1924–2010 South Africa

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7 quotes

Freedom is incomplete if it is exercised in poverty.

Parliament (1974)

The National Party does not care about people, it only cares about power.

Parliament (1974)

The mission must be adherence to and the advancement of the concept of a truly democratic political system and economic system which gives not only rights and opportunity but also security.

Parliament (1974)

I make this appeal to Mr Botha: Show this statesmanship, show that at this time you will not allow our unity of purpose to overcome the real problems to be threatened.

Parliament (1974)

Laws alone is not enough to ensure that freedom is safeguarded. What is required is a sprit of freedom among the people concerned. There must be an atmosphere of respect, a feeling of belonging together, an atmosphere of harmony with fellow beings.

Parliament (1974)

Whenever I draw up economic policy I look at it from the point of view of the person who has nothing; I look at it from the point of view of my farther who tried to get a job but could not.

Parliament (1974)

It is important that in the process of change, existing institutions of value and means of production are not destroyed. The fabric of society, however critical one may be of its present structures, should be adopted and modified where required, but not destroyed.

Parliament (1974)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Harry Schwarz (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.