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Small: For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking
Desmond Tutu
"For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you to do is to recognize that we are humans, too"
Desmond Tutu, Leader
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Small: Do your little bit of good where you are its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world
Desmond Tutu
"Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world"
Desmond Tutu, Leader
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Small: Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expo
Desmond Tutu
"Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are"
Desmond Tutu, Leader
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Small: Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity
Desmond Tutu
"Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity"
Desmond Tutu, Leader
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Small: Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity
Desmond Tutu
"Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity"
Desmond Tutu, Leader
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Small: A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons
Desmond Tutu
"A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons"
Desmond Tutu, Leader
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Small: You must show the world that you abhor fighting
Desmond Tutu
"You must show the world that you abhor fighting"
Desmond Tutu, Leader
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Small: Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to
Zola Budd
"Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot and when I was growing up I seldom wore shoes, even when I went into town"
Zola Budd, Athlete
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Small: Looking back... its hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years.
Zola Budd
"Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small"
Zola Budd, Athlete
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Small: I can drink tea until the cows come home and I love the atmosphere in tea-shops
Zola Budd
"I can drink tea until the cows come home and I love the atmosphere in tea-shops"
Zola Budd, Athlete
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Small: I have strong views about South African politics and I still dont feel I need to make public statements
Zola Budd
"I have strong views about South African politics and I still don't feel I need to make public statements"
Zola Budd, Athlete
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Small: The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions whic
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong!"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: The IFP is here to put into practice what we preach
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"The IFP is here to put into practice what we preach"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I dont operate on scenarios, and I am
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: 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
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"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"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: The candidates before you know that the IFP has set up a system of deployed IFP national and provincial leader
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"The candidates before you know that the IFP has set up a system of deployed IFP national and provincial leaders who are not only monitoring the performance of candidates during these elections but will also do so after these elections"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: Personally, I believe in self-determination, but in the context of one South Africa - so that my self-determin
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"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"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it h
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"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"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: Well, surely, I am not in charge of South Africa
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"Well, surely, I am not in charge of South Africa"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: In Hanover Park they highlighted the terrible plight of backyard dwellers and the fact that year after year no
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"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"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: I was proud to call Dr Rupert a friend. He was always a wonderful source of support and kindness
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"I was proud to call Dr Rupert a friend. He was always a wonderful source of support and kindness"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: We are here because we are determined to offer the people of the Western Cape choices which are long overdue
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"We are here because we are determined to offer the people of the Western Cape choices which are long overdue"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: South Africa is blessed to have women and men like yourselves who have little to give but give what you have w
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"South Africa is blessed to have women and men like yourselves who have little to give but give what you have with open hands and open hearts"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: My party is committed to a federation
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"My party is committed to a federation"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: I rejected the armed struggle because, as a Christian, I am committed to a nonviolent and peaceful struggle.
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"I rejected the armed struggle because, as a Christian, I am committed to a nonviolent and peaceful struggle. But people take their own initiatives, because it is a Lebanon type of situation here"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apo
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being born a Zulu, or for having that culture"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something m
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something more specific and far-reaching"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: I remain your servant and I will do as you ask of me
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"I remain your servant and I will do as you ask of me"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: For our white members, voting is something they have done for hundreds of years. But for us, it is not such a
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
"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"
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Leader
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Small: Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them
"Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them"
Olive Schreiner, Writer
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Small: Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn
"Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn"
Olive Schreiner, Writer
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Small: It was hard to be away from home, but I am glad that I am home now
"It was hard to be away from home, but I am glad that I am home now"
Miriam Makeba, Musician
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Small: Well there is a lot of work here for younger and older musicians now. Our Ministry of Culture has now really e
"Well there is a lot of work here for younger and older musicians now. Our Ministry of Culture has now really embarked on changing things for artists, and it is getting much better. We just have to organize ourselves as artists, and then things will be better"
Miriam Makeba, Musician
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Small: It is very much the theme of our President, President Thabo Mbeki, whose passion is for Africa to work togethe
"It is very much the theme of our President, President Thabo Mbeki, whose passion is for Africa to work together, and for Africans to get up and do things for us. We are trying as women to do things for ourselves"
Miriam Makeba, Musician
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Small: Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out perhaps the poets are right when they try to
"Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the poets are right when they try to water it. It is a blood-red flower, with the color of sin; but there is always the scent of a god about it"
Olive Schreiner, Writer
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Small: You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to app
"You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you. And to me, those people are very important"
Miriam Makeba, Musician
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