Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old apartheid quotes, apartheid sayings, and apartheid proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
I've never doubted that apartheid - because it was of itself fundamentally, intrinsically evil - was going to bite the dust eventually.Desmond Tutu
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Abhorrence of apartheid is a moral attitude, not a policy.Edward Heath
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We don't want apartheid liberalized. We want it dismantled. You can't improve something that is intrinsically evil.Desmond Tutu
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We believe that the world, too, can destroy apartheid, firstly by striking at the economy of South Africa.Oliver Tambo
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Apartheid does not happen spontaneously, like bad weather conditions.Jonathan Kozol
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It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction.Oliver Tambo
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Apartheid cannot be reformed, it has to be eliminated.Olof Palme
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The U.S. is the last country that should see itself as an ally of the apartheid system.Oliver Tambo
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Apartheid - both petty and grand - is obviously evil. Nothing can justify the arrogant assumption that a clique of foreigners has the right to decide on the lives of a majority.Steven Biko
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One can't erase the tremendous burden of apartheid in 10 years, 20 years, I believe, even 30 years.Susan Rice
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You build dreams, you build castles in the air, and you hope that at least part of that will be realized, even under apartheid.Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
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Unsure about its place and identity, a whole nation was made to believe that ethnic pride and culture could only descend from race.Arianna Dagnino
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Apartheid didn't impinge on music. It impinged on people's freedoms.Hugh Masekela
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Apartheid is a lie, people can work together, people can create together.John Kani
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Difficult times do not produce gentility, as if there is an angle hovering over the world of the oppressed.Jonny Steinberg
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There is no more apartheid in South Africa than in the United States.Malcolm X
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You can't change a regime on the basis of compassion. There's got to be something harder.Nadine Gordimer
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It was not lack of ability that limited my people, but lack of opportunity.Nelson Mandela
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Apartheid either is or is not. And it must not be.Oliver Tambo
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When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.Nelson Mandela
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For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.Nelson Mandela
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The sanctions will not kill us. It's apartheid that's killing us.Oliver Tambo
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We should have sent the apartheid monsters to jail, not let them off with an amnesty.Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
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Now, myself, I'm not a pacifist at all. I believe in just war. I would have joined the spirit of the nation to fight against apartheid.Cornel West
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I don't fancy colors of the face, I'm always attracted to colors of the brain.Michael Bassey Johnson
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Division and separation means no harm to the society. It makes everyone unique.Michael Bassey Johnson
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Racism is one of the most common results of the combination of stupidity and the ability to see.Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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I am usually able to tolerate all kinds of victims of indoctrination except those who have been infected with xenophobia, racism, or homophobia.Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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I would be guilty only if I were innocent of working to destroy racism in my country.Nadine Gordimer
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Don't fight the system. Mock the system.Trevor Noah
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.Kanye West