“A pervasive moral turpitude underlies South African society.”
Speaking after her 1992 London court case [citation needed]
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This is indeed a joyous night.”
Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist
1990s, Victory speech (1994)
Context: My fellow South Africans — the people of South Africa:
This is indeed a joyous night. Although not yet final, we have received the provisional results of the election, and are delighted by the overwhelming support for the African National Congress.
To all those in the African National Congress and the democratic movement who worked so hard these last few days and through these many decades, I thank you and honour you. To the people of South Africa and the world who are watching: this a joyous night for the human spirit. This is your victory too. You helped end apartheid, you stood with us through the transition.
Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist
2000s, The Sacred Warrior (2000)
Context: India is Gandhi's country of birth; South Africa his country of adoption. He was both an Indian and a South African citizen. Both countries contributed to his intellectual and moral genius, and he shaped the liberatory movements in both colonial theaters.
He is the archetypal anticolonial revolutionary. His strategy of noncooperation, his assertion that we can be dominated only if we cooperate with our dominators, and his nonviolent resistance inspired anticolonial and antiracist movements internationally in our century.
Dennis Miller (1953) American stand-up comedian, television host, and actor
28 June 2004.
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“Our history is responsible for the differences in the South African way of life.”
P. W. Botha (1916–2006) South African prime minister
As cited in Dictionary of South African Quotations, Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books 1994, p. 183
“The processes of power are pervasive, complex, and often disguised in our society.”
John R. P. French (1913–1995) American psychologist
Source: "The bases of social power." 1959, p. 150
“Learning to write sent me falling, falling through the surface of the South African way of life.”
Nadine Gordimer (1923–2014) South african Nobel-winning writer
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“One South African saying put forward that “the white man has no kin, his kin is money.””
Walter Rodney book How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
Source: How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972), p. 338.