Quote#God & Faith
We have arrived here to celebrate as you are well aware. Our aim, as…
Quote byPaul Kruger · 1825–1904
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: At Paardekraal, current Krugersdorp, addressing a crowd of SAR citizens who gathered to celebrate the Paardekraal resolution of a year before, besides the Day of the Vow (13 to 16 December 1881).
English (original)
We have arrived here to celebrate as you are well aware. Our aim, as your aim, is no less than to acquire a deeper understanding of the will of the Lord, and to apprise ourselves of his guidance, in order that the parents may convey to their children and grandchildren, and thence to our most distant descendants, what God has bestowed on us.
— Paul Kruger
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