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

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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...

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,...

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,...

Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear....

Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear....

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,...

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...

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...

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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?

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?

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,...

Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is...

Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is...

The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers, the land speculators,...

The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers, the land speculators,...

The struggle between Liberty and Authority is the most conspicuous feature in the portions of...

The struggle between Liberty and Authority is the most conspicuous feature in the portions of...

At every trifle take offence, that always shows great pride or little sense.

At every trifle take offence, that always shows great pride or little sense.