--- title: "11 South Quotes By Bob Hawke" description: "11 South quotes by Bob Hawke. Plus more from Bob Hawke and more South sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/bob-hawke-7891_concerned_as-far-as-we-re-concerned-there-was-no-s_1919274.jpg" --- > [ As far as we're concerned, there was no sporting organisation \[that\] should have anything to do with the sport in South Africa. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/as-far-as-we-re-concerned-there-was-no-sporting-organisation-that/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/bob-hawke-7891_concerned_as-far-as-we-re-concerned-there-was-no-s_1919274.jpg) > [I said to my people, "We're knocking apartheid off but we've got to be prepared to assist them." And I sent senior…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/i-said-to-my-people-we-re-knocking-apartheid-off-but-we-ve-got-to-be/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/bob-hawke-7891_apartheid_i-said-to-my-people-we-re-knocking-apart_2727718.jpg) > [It had things that it could do and which I thought were worthwhile: one would be South Africa, of course. And, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/it-had-things-that-it-could-do-and-which-i-thought-were-worthwhile/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/bob-hawke-7891_commonwealth_it-had-things-that-it-could-do-and-which_1197674.jpg) > [ It was a remarkable relationship. Margaret \[Thatcher\] and I had a love/hate relationship. She was always defending the South African regime and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/it-was-a-remarkable-relationship-margaret-thatcher-and-i-had-a-love/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/000/bob-hawke-7891_canada_it-was-a-remarkable-relationship-margare_1400215.jpg) > [ In fact, soon after that \[South African sanctions\], I was going on an official visit to the UK and Margaret Thatcher instructed… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/in-fact-soon-after-that-south-african-sanctions-i-was-going-on-an/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c6/bob-hawke-7891_australia_in-fact-soon-after-that-south-african-sa_2619349.jpg) > [I led the fight here against apartheid as President of the ACTU, including particularly the Springbok tour in 1971. And that led…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/i-led-the-fight-here-against-apartheid-as-president-of-the-actu/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62a/bob-hawke-7891_apartheid_i-led-the-fight-here-against-apartheid-a_2856411.jpg) > [It was the South African Government that has introduced politics into sport by decreeing politically that no non-white person will represent their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/it-was-the-south-african-government-that-has-introduced-politics-into/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/547/bob-hawke-7891_answers_it-was-the-south-african-government-that_2720781.jpg) > [The concept there was that the small number of developed countries within the Commonwealth should provide assistance. This was not just financial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/the-concept-there-was-that-the-small-number-of-developed-countries/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/881/bob-hawke-7891_assistance_the-concept-there-was-that-the-small-num_1384263.jpg) > [ It \[also\] lives on its history, now, to some extent: its achievements \[ of the Commonwealth\] in Rhodesia and South Africa, which… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/it-also-lives-on-its-history-now-to-some-extent-its-achievements-of/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/058/bob-hawke-7891_achievement_it-also-lives-on-its-history-now-to-some_943443.jpg) > [It was very much an Australian/New Zealand initiative to have a nuclear free South Pacific. And the Americans were very apprehensive about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/it-was-very-much-an-australian-new-zealand-initiative-to-have-a/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/bob-hawke-7891_australian_it-was-very-much-an-australian-new-zeala_624907.jpg) > [I rang my friend Jim Wolfensohn, who was then running a private commercial bank in New York. I said, "Come up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/i-rang-my-friend-jim-wolfensohn-who-was-then-running-a-private/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/bob-hawke-7891_apartheid_i-rang-my-friend-jim-wolfensohn-who-was_1303829.jpg) ## Other authors on South ## More by Bob Hawke > [ Brian Mulroney, myself, \[and\] Rajiv Gandhi; I think that was the real core \[of the Commonwealth \]. That was the engine room, I reckon. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/brian-mulroney-myself-and-rajiv-gandhi-i-think-that-was-the-real-core/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) > [While society cannot provide employment for its members, the production/work/income nexus has to be abandoned as a justification for our present parsimony to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/while-society-cannot-provide-employment-for-its-members-the/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) > [ We \[ with Brian Mulroney and Rajiv Gandhi\] went to the meeting in Canada \[the 1987 Vancouver CHOGM\] and I said to them there… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/we-with-brian-mulroney-and-rajiv-gandhi-went-to-the-meeting-in-canada/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) > [ I told \[ David Lange\] he was crazy, because you can't have an alliance relationship if you refuse access to their ships. And the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/i-told-david-lange-he-was-crazy-because-you-can-t-have-an-alliance/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) > [I find a fence a very uncomfortable place to squat my bottom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/i-find-a-fence-a-very-uncomfortable-place-to-squat-my-bottom/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) > [ There is a reciprocal respect for \[ Elizabeth II\], for her interest in the Commonwealth. The members of the Commonwealth recognise that here is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/there-is-a-reciprocal-respect-for-elizabeth-ii-for-her-interest-in/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) > [We are building together a nation in which there are no second-class Australians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/we-are-building-together-a-nation-in-which-there-are-no-second-class/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) > [I had no time for Indira Gandhi. She was too much in the Russian camp for my liking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/i-had-no-time-for-indira-gandhi-she-was-too-much-in-the-russian-camp/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) > [I wrote a letter to our Australian newspaper about three weeks before the invasion and I said, "Osama bin Laden must be on his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/i-wrote-a-letter-to-our-australian-newspaper-about-three-weeks-before/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) > [I can't speak with authority about Emeka Anyaoku. I just didn't know him that well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/i-can-t-speak-with-authority-about-emeka-anyaoku-i-just-didn-t-know/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) > [ George Bush Junior \[George W Bush\] was a religious fanatic, and Tony Blair wasn't far behind in a way. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/george-bush-junior-george-w-bush-was-a-religious-fanatic-and-tony/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) > [I felt completely ready to become prime minister. I came to office better equipped, in terms of knowledge of economics and of the Australian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/i-felt-completely-ready-to-become-prime-minister-i-came-to-office/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) > [I went along with it, and wanted to appoint a significant figure in Malcolm Fraser. I didn't have high hopes that they'd be able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/i-went-along-with-it-and-wanted-to-appoint-a-significant-figure-in/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) > [ One of the features of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings was \[that\] she \[ Elizabeth II\] would have a meeting with each of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/one-of-the-features-of-the-commonwealth-heads-of-government-meetings/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) > [The greatest stain upon this great Australian nation's character, without any question, is the great gaps that exist between our Aboriginal brothers and sisters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/the-greatest-stain-upon-this-great-australian-nation-s-character/) [Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/south/bob-hawke/#itemlist", "name": "11 South Quotes By Bob Hawke", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As far as we're concerned, there was no sporting organisation [that] should have anything to do with the sport in South Africa.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bob Hawke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/as-far-as-we-re-concerned-there-was-no-sporting-organisation-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/bob-hawke-7891_concerned_as-far-as-we-re-concerned-there-was-no-s_1919274.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/bob-hawke-7891_concerned_as-far-as-we-re-concerned-there-was-no-s_1919274.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/bob-hawke-7891_concerned_as-far-as-we-re-concerned-there-was-no-s_1919274.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As far as we're concerned, there was no sporting organisation [that] should have anything to do with the…” — Bob Hawke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I said to my people, \"We're knocking apartheid off but we've got to be prepared to assist them.\" And I sent senior people over there to assist the incoming South African regime to go about the economic plan.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bob Hawke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/i-said-to-my-people-we-re-knocking-apartheid-off-but-we-ve-got-to-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/bob-hawke-7891_apartheid_i-said-to-my-people-we-re-knocking-apart_2727718.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/bob-hawke-7891_apartheid_i-said-to-my-people-we-re-knocking-apart_2727718.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/bob-hawke-7891_apartheid_i-said-to-my-people-we-re-knocking-apart_2727718.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I said to my people, \"We're knocking apartheid off but we've got to be prepared to assist them.\" And I sent…” — Bob Hawke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It had things that it could do and which I thought were worthwhile: one would be South Africa, of course. 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And that led to the banning of the South African cricket tour which had been scheduled - that was something that I sorted out with Sir Donald Bradman. That was interesting.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bob Hawke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/i-led-the-fight-here-against-apartheid-as-president-of-the-actu/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62a/bob-hawke-7891_apartheid_i-led-the-fight-here-against-apartheid-a_2856411.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62a/bob-hawke-7891_apartheid_i-led-the-fight-here-against-apartheid-a_2856411.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62a/bob-hawke-7891_apartheid_i-led-the-fight-here-against-apartheid-a_2856411.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I led the fight here against apartheid as President of the ACTU, including particularly the Springbok tour…” — Bob Hawke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was the South African Government that has introduced politics into sport by decreeing politically that no non-white person will represent their country. They introduced politics into sport.\" And Don [Bradman] was a very shrewd old bloke, and he looked at me for about thirty seconds and then he said, \"Bob, I've got no answer to that.\" And that was it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bob Hawke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/it-was-the-south-african-government-that-has-introduced-politics-into/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/547/bob-hawke-7891_answers_it-was-the-south-african-government-that_2720781.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/547/bob-hawke-7891_answers_it-was-the-south-african-government-that_2720781.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/547/bob-hawke-7891_answers_it-was-the-south-african-government-that_2720781.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was the South African Government that has introduced politics into sport by decreeing politically that no…” — Bob Hawke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The concept there was that the small number of developed countries within the Commonwealth should provide assistance. This was not just financial but personal, providing experts and so on, to assist less developed members of the Commonwealth to get on the growing path. And that was part of what we did with South Africa.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bob Hawke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/the-concept-there-was-that-the-small-number-of-developed-countries/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/881/bob-hawke-7891_assistance_the-concept-there-was-that-the-small-num_1384263.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/881/bob-hawke-7891_assistance_the-concept-there-was-that-the-small-num_1384263.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/881/bob-hawke-7891_assistance_the-concept-there-was-that-the-small-num_1384263.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The concept there was that the small number of developed countries within the Commonwealth should provide…” — Bob Hawke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It [also] lives on its history, now, to some extent: its achievements [ of the Commonwealth] in Rhodesia and South Africa, which were enormous. And they'll live on that for some time, I guess. And there is still - I'm out of touch with it now, of course - but I still think there is a degree of cooperation at the economic level, to some extent, with the more developed countries helping the less developed. 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