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"Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence."
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"And who is responsible for this appalling child slavery? Everyone."
"Why is a woman to be treated differently? Woman suffrage will succeed, despite this miserable guerilla opposition."
"Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence."
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"The names of Dingane and Bambata, Hintsa and Makana, Squngthi and Dalasile, Moshoeshoe and Sekhukhuni, were praised as the glory of the entire African nation. I hoped then that life might offer me the opportunity to serve my people and make my own humble contribution to their freedom struggle."
"Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me."
"Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country."
"A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind."
"Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?"
"During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."
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