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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.

— P. W. Botha

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I am tired of constantly hearing how guilty the Afrikaner and the National Party are and the time has come that this myth be crushed.

I never have the nagging doubt of wondering whether perhaps I am wrong.

I am sick and tired of the hollow parrot-cry of “Apartheid!” I’ve said many times that the word “Apartheid” means good neighbourliness.

Never in the history of this country have so few people done so much for so many without acknowledgement by the international community.

The Cubans are not in Africa out of love.

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