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.
ALAN PATONCry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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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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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days.
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Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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The only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man.
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Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
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