If I look back, the one thing that I am proud of is that for once I as a political leader, kept every promise I made within one term of office. We achieved a new constitution; we achieved a new… — Frederik Willem de Klerk Copy Share Image
Race is not the only differential in South Africa, in the new South Africa, where all schools are open, mother-tongue education is a very… — Frederik Willem de Klerk Copy Share Image
If I look back, the one thing that I am proud of is that for once I as a political leader, kept every promise… — Frederik Willem de Klerk Copy Share Image
Peace does not fare well where poverty and deprivation reign. It does not flourish where there is ignorance and a lack of education and… — Frederik Willem de Klerk Copy Share Image
Sanctions kept us on our toes, it made us realize that we were drifting into a situation of growing isolation so I wouldn't go as far as to say sanctions didn't play a role but if I were to put on a scale, the issues of conscience played a much greater role than the sanctions. We could have withstood sanctions… — Frederik Willem de Klerk Copy Share
Peace does not fare well where poverty and deprivation reign — Frederik Willem de Klerk Copy Share Image
Fifteen years after the new dispensations started in South Africa, if one looks back, there are reasons to be positive and say we have… — Frederik Willem de Klerk Copy Share Image
From the time I entered cabinet, the emphasis was on reforms, but reforms which did not abolish separate development, but reforms which were aimed… — Frederik Willem de Klerk Copy Share Image
What I supported when I was a young man, was that the solution to bring justice to all in South Africa, was to build… — Frederik Willem de Klerk Copy Share Image
