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> [The land on which the cattle grazed was communal property. It was owned by no one. It was nobody's private farm. It was the common property of the people, shared by the people. So the practice of sharing was central…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-tambo/the-land-on-which-the-cattle-grazed-was-communal-property-it-was/)

[Oliver Tambo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-tambo/)

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## More by Oliver Tambo

> [If apartheid is removed, then the violence that is necessary to maintain it will be removed along with the pressures from apartheid which create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-tambo/if-apartheid-is-removed-then-the-violence-that-is-necessary-to/)

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> [We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-tambo/we-have-a-vision-of-south-africa-in-which-black-and-white-shall-live/)

[Oliver Tambo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-tambo/)

> [Mandela drafted the M Plan, a simple, commonsense plan for organization on a street basis so that Congress volunteers would be in daily touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-tambo/mandela-drafted-the-m-plan-a-simple-commonsense-plan-for-organization/)

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> [The violence associated with the A.N.C. is minimal, infinitesimal next to the violence of the apartheid regime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-tambo/the-violence-associated-with-the-a-n-c-is-minimal-infinitesimal-next/)

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> [How can it be said we should use only constitutional means in our struggle, when all resistance is illegal and we have no way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-tambo/how-can-it-be-said-we-should-use-only-constitutional-means-in-our/)

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> [I am convinced that the world-wide protests during the Rivonia trial saved Mandela and his fellow-accused from a death sentence. But in South Africa,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-tambo/i-am-convinced-that-the-world-wide-protests-during-the-rivonia-trial/)

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> [The sanctions will not kill us. It's apartheid that's killing us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-tambo/the-sanctions-will-not-kill-us-it-s-apartheid-that-s-killing-us/)

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> [Whites, like ourselves, belong to our country. They are compatriots, fellow citizens... we see them as Africans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-tambo/whites-like-ourselves-belong-to-our-country-they-are-compatriots/)

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> [The popularity of leaders like Mandela was an invitation to counter-attack by the government. Mandela was banned from speaking, from attending gatherings, from leaving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-tambo/the-popularity-of-leaders-like-mandela-was-an-invitation-to-counter/)

[Oliver Tambo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-tambo/)

> [Using the power you derive from the discovery of the truth about racism in South Africa, you will help us to remake our part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-tambo/using-the-power-you-derive-from-the-discovery-of-the-truth-about/)

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> [My sister had some ailment and convulsions that she suffered from, and she had been sent to some place to go and get healed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-tambo/my-sister-had-some-ailment-and-convulsions-that-she-suffered-from-and/)

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> [We seek to create a united Democratic and non-racial society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-tambo/we-seek-to-create-a-united-democratic-and-non-racial-society/)

[Oliver Tambo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-tambo/)

> [The U.S. is the last country that should see itself as an ally of the apartheid system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-tambo/the-u-s-is-the-last-country-that-should-see-itself-as-an-ally-of-the/)

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> [You were not wanted. You were, at best, tolerated. You had to be constantly on your guard, like an animal in a jungle full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-tambo/you-were-not-wanted-you-were-at-best-tolerated-you-had-to-be/)

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> [For decades, we resisted violence - until Sharpeville.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-tambo/for-decades-we-resisted-violence-until-sharpeville/)

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