The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
ALAN PATONForgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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But what do they help if one seeks for counsel, for one cries this, and one cries that, and another cries something that is neither this nor that.
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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
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Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply… For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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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.
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For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering.
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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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For mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for.
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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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But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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