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The best guarantor of independence, national sovereignty and the capacity to resist the blandishments ... of the super-power is internal democracy that ensures the widest possible participation in government by the ordinary working people.

— Pallo Jordan

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Democracy, civil liberties, human rights and social justice are not privileges to be dispensed or withheld at the discretion of power wielders.

No one in the ANC is suggesting that whites should be discriminated against in the resolution of the land question.

The limited, qualified democracy that places power in the hands of a self-selected political elite who presume to have a monopoly on wisdom and an understanding of the national interest, effectively kidnaps politics.

It is not desirable for one president to lead, especially in a young democracy like ours, for such a long time.”

We need fresh minds in the house. Whether you prefer to call that compromise candidates is entirely up to you.

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