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I have an obligation to the 37 million people in South Africa to ensure their well-being. But the road from slavery to the promised land is a rough one.

— Harry Schwarz

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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)

Morality is cheap when someone else is paying.

The Herald Times (1988)

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 wish my country were like I wanted it to be, but as it is not, I hope it will one day get to this way of living.

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