Let 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.
ALAN PATONSuch lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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Sorrow is better than fear.
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And money is not something to go mad about …
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
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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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One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
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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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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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The only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man.
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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire.
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It is not permissible to add to one’s possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men.
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