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If there was to be equal manhood suffrage the whites would be swamped…

Quote byJan Christiaan Smuts · 1870–1950

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Statement at the Imperial Conference (1921).

English (original)

If there was to be equal manhood suffrage the whites would be swamped all over South Africa by the blacks and the whole position for which whites have striven for 200 years or more would be given up.

— Jan Christiaan Smuts

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