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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mangosuthu-buthelezi/i-rejected-the-armed-struggle-because-as-a-christian-i-am-committed/)

[Mangosuthu Buthelezi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mangosuthu-buthelezi/)

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## More by Mangosuthu Buthelezi

> [It is clear before God and man that the entire war on HIV and AIDS has not been waged with any degree of piety,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mangosuthu-buthelezi/it-is-clear-before-god-and-man-that-the-entire-war-on-hiv-and-aids/)

[Mangosuthu Buthelezi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mangosuthu-buthelezi/i-have-always-believed-in-dialogue-and-in-nonviolence-and-if-you-look/)

[Mangosuthu Buthelezi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mangosuthu-buthelezi/i-rejected-the-armed-struggle-because-as-a-christian-i-am-committed/)

[Mangosuthu Buthelezi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mangosuthu-buthelezi/)

> [Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mangosuthu-buthelezi/others-may-make-you-promises-once-again-and-then-election-after/)

[Mangosuthu Buthelezi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mangosuthu-buthelezi/personally-i-believe-in-self-determination-but-in-the-context-of-one/)

[Mangosuthu Buthelezi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mangosuthu-buthelezi/the-candidates-before-you-know-that-the-ifp-has-set-up-a-system-of/)

[Mangosuthu Buthelezi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mangosuthu-buthelezi/south-africa-is-blessed-to-have-women-and-men-like-yourselves-who/)

[Mangosuthu Buthelezi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mangosuthu-buthelezi/all-of-our-forebears-contributed-to-what-south-africa-has-become-that/)

[Mangosuthu Buthelezi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mangosuthu-buthelezi/clearly-you-need-a-new-team-to-go-out-to-bat-on-your-behalf-to-fight/)

[Mangosuthu Buthelezi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mangosuthu-buthelezi/aids-is-the-biggest-challenge-the-major-disaster-facing-this-country/)

[Mangosuthu Buthelezi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mangosuthu-buthelezi/)

> [We are here because we are determined to offer the people of the Western Cape choices which are long overdue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mangosuthu-buthelezi/we-are-here-because-we-are-determined-to-offer-the-people-of-the/)

[Mangosuthu Buthelezi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mangosuthu-buthelezi/)

> [The IFP is here to put into practice what we preach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mangosuthu-buthelezi/the-ifp-is-here-to-put-into-practice-what-we-preach/)

[Mangosuthu Buthelezi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mangosuthu-buthelezi/)

> [I remain your servant and I will do as you ask of me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mangosuthu-buthelezi/i-remain-your-servant-and-i-will-do-as-you-ask-of-me/)

[Mangosuthu Buthelezi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mangosuthu-buthelezi/)

> [And the basis on which we agreed to operate with them involved a manifesto, where it states that we proceed from different ideologies and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mangosuthu-buthelezi/and-the-basis-on-which-we-agreed-to-operate-with-them-involved-a/)

[Mangosuthu Buthelezi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mangosuthu-buthelezi/)

> [My party is committed to a federation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mangosuthu-buthelezi/my-party-is-committed-to-a-federation/)

[Mangosuthu Buthelezi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mangosuthu-buthelezi/)

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