I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution.
ALAN PATONLet me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong, nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.
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Cry for the broken tribe, for the law and the custom that is gone. Aye, and cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved.
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Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
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It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.
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Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls.
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And were your back as broad as heaven, and your purse full of gold, and did your compassion reach from here to hell itself, there is nothing you can do.
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