“I said, 'Down with apartheid' before some of them [demonstrators] were born. I was supporting the dismantling of apartheid when America was standing on the sidelines and only a few people knew what apartheid was about.”

— Harry Schwarz

Responding to demonstrations against his presence while giving a speech at St. Frances Academy fund-raising dinner, 20 May 1991.
As ambassador to the United States
Source: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-05-21/news/1991141043_1_schwarz-ambassador-apartheid

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