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"We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans."
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"We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes."
"They were obviously headstones of graves, though the graves themselves no longer existed as either mounds or depressions; the years had leveled all. Scattered here and there, more massive blocks showed where some pompous or ambitious monument had once flung its feeble defiance at oblivion."
"There was something melancholic about that symbol of their nation's promise of freedom, a bell with a chipped mouth and cleft body."
"This is no war of chieftains or of princes, of dynasties or national ambition; it is a war of peoples and of causes. There are vast numbers, not only in this Island but in every land, who will render faithful service in this war, but whose names will never be known, whose deeds will never be recorded. This is a War of the Unknown Warriors."
"The need for raising the awareness of this shameful chapter in U.S. history is more apparent than ever."
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"We are here because we are determined to offer the people of the Western Cape choices which are long overdue."
"In Hanover Park they highlighted the terrible plight of backyard dwellers and the fact that year after year nothing has been done to help you: the hope and despair you all live with every day."
"AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something more specific and far-reaching."
"Clearly you need a new team to go out to bat on your behalf; to fight for your rights and to report back to you personally and to the leadership of the IFP."
"I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone."
"Personally, I believe in self-determination, but in the context of one South Africa - so that my self-determination is based in this region, and with my people."
"Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this."
"For our white members, voting is something they have done for hundreds of years. But for us, it is not such a traumatic thing, because we have never participated in an election."
"My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves."
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