Piet Joubert: Quotes about war

Piet Joubert was Boer politician and general. Explore interesting quotes on war.
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“The heart of my soul is bloody with sorrow. … (Nonverbatim: I have done my utmost for peace, despite England pushing the Boers out of their inheritance bit by bit, and taking advantage of us in every conference and native war. My hope till the present war had been for a South African Confederacy under English protection – the Cape, Natal, Free State and Transvaal all having equal rights and local self-government.) … But now we can only leave it to God. If it is His will that the Transvaal perish, we can only do our best.
— The Diary of a Siege, 1900, H. W. Nevinson.
:In conversation with Henry Nevinson, October 2, 1899, at the outbreak of war. According to Nevinson, Joubert spoke English with a "piquant lack of grammar and misuse of words".”

Piet Joubert
God , War , Peace , Hope

“… de gevaare drygt aan alle kanten om een oorlog met die kaffers.
Translated:… dangers are arising on all sides which could precipitate a war with the Africans.
— Thomas Francois Burgers, MS Appelgryn, 1979, p. 71-72
:August 1875, informing President Burgers of the agitation by Cetshwayo and Sekhukhune, after Cetshwayo was prevented from attacking the Swazis, and a buffer zone was annexed by Joubert on May 25, 1875”

Piet Joubert
War

“They were the beginning of the fall. From them the call went out for protection by foreigners. The Gold fields were a source of misery for the Government. It was due to the gold fields that the country was drawn into war.”

Piet Joubert
War , Country

“The heart of my soul is bloody with sorrow. … (Nonverbatim: I have done my utmost for peace, despite England pushing the Boers out of their inheritance bit by bit, and taking advantage of us in every conference and native war. My hope till the present war had been for a South African Confederacy under English protection – the Cape, Natal, Free State and Transvaal all having equal rights and local self-government.) … But now we can only leave it to God. If it is His will that the Transvaal perish, we can only do our best.”

Piet Joubert

The Diary of a Siege, 1900, H.W. Nevinson.
In conversation with Henry Nevinson, October 2, 1899, at the outbreak of war. According to Nevinson, Joubert spoke English with a "piquant lack of grammar and misuse of words".

God , Peace , Soul , War