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"There is only one element that can break the Afrikaner … and that is the Afrikaner himself."
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P. W. BothaI hate no black man. I hate no brown man. The same God that made me pu — P. W. Botha
"I hate no black man. I hate no brown man. The same God that made me put them there too. My God is not only for Afrikaners."
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P. W. Botha
P. W. Botha
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Pieter Willem Botha, was a South African politician who served as the last Prime Minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and as the first executive State President of South Africa from 1984 until his resignation in 1989. Nicknamed 'Die Groot Krokodil' due to his tough political stance, he was considered the final hardline leader of South Africa during the apartheid era.
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"The people who are opposing the policy of apartheid have not the courage of their convictions. They do not marry non-Europeans."
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"... I am not prepared to build the type of wall you built in Berlin. In South Africa we only build walls for houses."
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"You could not claim for yourself that which you were not prepared to grant others."
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"With the withdrawal of Britain east of the Suez and the consequent vacuum caused in the Middle East, and the stocking of arsenals in some African states by Russia and China, the dangers threatening South Africa today are greater than ever before."
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"I am tired of constantly hearing how guilty the Afrikaner and the National Party are and the time has come that this myth be crushed."
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