Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
ALAN PATONSuch development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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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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I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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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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Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.
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When I go up there, which is my intention, the Big Judge will say to me, Where are your wounds? and if I say I haven’t any, he will say, Was there nothing to fight for?
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And money is not something to go mad about …
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It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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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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Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.
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