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Hollanders are not a nation to rob another of its property, but desire to live in friendship with all people, and trade with them.

— Jan van Riebeeck

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In 1657 Jan van Riebeeck spoke to the Native Koihsan about the nature of the Hollanders as a peaceful nation and said.

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Be careful in always having a good beacon fire, as the signals entirely depend upon it, that the ships may enter the bay in safety".

You shall also keep your fires burning if the ships are blown back by contrary winds, but if the ships are foreign or not Dutch (onduitsch) you shall at once extinguish your fire.

[T]hat our prosperity may never forget God's mercies shown to us, but always keep them in grateful memory.

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