F. W. de Klerk

Statesman

1936-03-18

Quotes by F. W. de Klerk

• 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 felt a sense of fulfillment that an action plan, which I'd laid on the table on the 2nd of February 1990, had been fulfilled, had been properly implemented within the time frame which I envisaged.

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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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• You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.

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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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• 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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