Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply... For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.

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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and that's why he would rather destroy himself than...

The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and that's why he would rather destroy himself than...

But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves,...

But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves,...

God forgives us... who am I not to forgive?

God forgives us... who am I not to forgive?

I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride,...

I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride,...

I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride,...

I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride,...

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they (the whites...

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they (the whites...

Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?... Wise men write many books,...

Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?... Wise men write many books,...

You ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.

You ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive

Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books,...

Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books,...

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as...

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as...

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.

If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it...

If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it...

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned...

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned...

There is only one way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and...

There is only one way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and...