South African - Statesman | March 18, 1936 -
When I talk about the end of apartheid, I prefer not to claim the honor that I have ended it.
F. W. de Klerk
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In our quest for peace, we should constantly ask ourselves what we should do to create conditions in which peace can prosper.
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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.
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Above all, we owe it to the children of the world to stop the conflicts and to create new horizons for them.
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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 effect of undermining the constitution and eroding its values.
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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 treadmill of history, turning forever on the axle of mindless aggression and self-destruction?
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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 for all, with all forms of discrimination to be scrapped from the statute book.
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I believe that first impressions are very important.
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President Mandela was not a hands-on president at any time.
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For many years, I supported the concept of separate states.
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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 interim constitution and our first democratic elections in April 1994.
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What I haven't apologised for is the original concept of seeking to bring justice to all South Africans through the concept of nation states.
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