F. W. de Klerk Quotes

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• For many years, I supported the concept of separate states.
• Above all, we owe it to the children of the world to stop the conflicts and to create new horizons for them.
• The question that we must ask is whether we are making progress toward the goal of universal peace. Or are we caught up on a…
• In our quest for peace, we should constantly ask ourselves what we should do to create conditions in which peace can prosper.
• It was an honour for me to have been able to work with Mr. Mandela in the process that led to the adoption of the…
• I have made the most profound apology in front of the Truth Commission and on other occasions about the injustices which were wrought by apartheid.
• I believe that first impressions are very important.
• The relationship between me and President Mandela right at the beginning was not a very well-established relationship. It was based on two meetings.
• President Mandela was not a hands-on president at any time.
• The ANC party from time to time comes with legislation which, if accepted and if not nullified by the constitution of court, would have the…
• When I talk about the end of apartheid, I prefer not to claim the honor that I have ended it.
• I played an integral part in helpings formulating that new vision... that we must abandon apartheid and accept one united South Africa with equal rights…
• It was fortunate in looking back for South Africa and its entire people that Mandela and I found it possible to work together even though…
• When I first met Mandela, we did not discuss anything of substance; we just felt each other out. He spent a long time expressing his…
• My predecessor, P. W. Botha, had an inner circle, and I did not like it. I preferred decisions to evolve out of cabinet discussions. That…
• The government that came into power after the April 1994 elections was going to need a budget. It was drafted by our finance minister, Derek…
• You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.

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