Therefore if a law is unjust, and if the Judge judges according to the law, that is justice, even if it is not just.
ALAN PATONBut perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not do openly what others did, and were quiet in church and hard-working at school.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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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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There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
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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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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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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
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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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Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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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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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.
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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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