P. W. Botha Quotes

• I am one of those who believe that there is no permanent home for even a section of the Bantu in the white area of South Africa and the destiny of South Africa depends on this essential point. If the principle of permanent residence for the black man in the area of the white is accepted then it is the beginning of the end of civilisation as we know it in this country.

  P. W. Botha

  Country, Believe, Home

  The Guardian, February 7, 2006.

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• Nelson Mandela can rot in prison until he dies or I die, whichever takes longer.

  P. W. Botha

  Prison, Dies, Nelson

  Sunday Times, November 5, 2006.

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• I am sick and tired of the hollow parrot-cry of "Apartheid!" I've said many times that the word "Apartheid" means good neighbourliness.

  P. W. Botha

  Tired, Mean, Sick

  "Country of My Skull" by Antjie Krog, Random House, (p. 270), 1998.

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• Most blacks are happy, except those who have had other ideas pushed into their ears.

  P. W. Botha

  Ideas, Ears

  "Dictionary of South African Quotations". Book by Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books, p. 53, 1994.

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• There is only one element that can break the Afrikaner, and that is the Afrikaner himself. It is when the Afrikaner, like a baboonshot in the stomach, pulls out his own intestines. We must guard against that.

  P. W. Botha

  Broken, Elements, Break

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• The idea of an Afrikaner people as a cultural entity and religious group with a special language will be retained in South Africa as long as civilisation stands.

  P. W. Botha

  Religious, Ideas, Long

  "Dictionary of South African Quotations" by Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books, (p. 11), 1994.

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• I am not against the provision of the necessary medical assistance to Coloured and natives, because, unless they receive that medical aid, they become a source of danger to the European community.

  P. W. Botha

  Community, Medical, Aids

  "Dictionary of South African Quotations" by Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books, (p. 244), 1994.

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• You could not claim for yourself that which you were not prepared to grant others.

  P. W. Botha

  Claims, Grants, Prepared

  "A Treasury of Quotations", Lennox-Short and Lee, Donker, (p. 203), 1991.

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• I want to warn young people who lend their ears to radicals and who play around with the music from Lusaka - they will end up inside the bear's fur coat, but they will no longer be able to live.

  P. W. Botha

  Play, People, Fur

  Sunday Times, November 5, 2006.

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• We do not want chaos in South Africa.

  P. W. Botha

  Want, Chaos, South

  Sunday Times, November 5, 2006.

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• I never have the nagging doubt of wondering whether perhaps I am wrong.

  P. W. Botha

  Doubt, Nagging, Wonder

  "Dictionary of South African Quotations" by Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books, (p. 285), 1994.

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• The free world wants to feed South Africa to the Red Crocodile [communism], to appease its hunger.

  P. W. Botha

  World, Want, Red

  "Dictionary of South African Quotations" by Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books, (p. 90), 1994.

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• The security and happiness of all minority groups in South Africa depend on the Afrikaner. Whether they are English- or German- or Portuguese- or Italian-speaking, or even Jewish-speaking, makes no difference.

  P. W. Botha

  Italian, Differences, Groups

  Sunday Times, November 5, 2006.

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• The acceptance of vertical differentiation with the built-in principle of self-determination must apply on as many levels as possible.

  P. W. Botha

  Determination, Acceptance, Self

  Sunday Times, November 5, 2006.

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• The people who are opposing the policy of apartheid have not the courage of their convictions. They do not marry non-Europeans.

  P. W. Botha

  People, Conviction, Apartheid

  "Dictionary of South African Quotations" by Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books, (p. 251), 1994.

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• South Africa is not a jellyfish and is in many respects a swordfish.

  P. W. Botha

  Jellyfish, South, South Africa

  Sunday Times, November 5, 2006.

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• Our history is responsible for the differences in the South African way of life.

  P. W. Botha

  Differences, Way, Responsible

  "Dictionary of South African Quotations" by Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books, (p. 183), 1994.

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