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 PATONCry for the broken tribe, for the law and the custom that is gone. Aye, and cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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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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One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.
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I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.
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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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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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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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But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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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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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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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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