„South Africa is not a jellyfish and is in many respects a swordfish.“
— P. W. Botha
Speaking to the House of Assembly on 28 April 1986, as cited by Andrew Donaldson, Sunday Times, 5 November 2006
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Pieter Willem Botha
Geburtstag: 12. Januar 1916
Todesdatum: 31. Oktober 2006
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Pieter Willem Botha , in Südafrika allgemein bekannt als PW oder – wegen seiner hartnäckigen Verfolgung politischer Gegner – als Die Groot Krokodil , war von 1978 bis 1984 Premierminister Südafrikas und Staatspräsident der Republik Südafrika von 1984 bis 1989.
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„We dare not see ourselves as a chosen people. We are called people - called to a particular task, just as every nation is a called people.“
— P. W. Botha
As prime minister, on a Day of the Covenant rally in Hartenbosch, 16 December 1983, as cited in PW Botha in his own words, Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1987, p. 29
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„I am tired of constantly hearing how guilty the Afrikaner and the National Party are and the time has come that this myth be crushed.“
— P. W. Botha
As state president, at the annual conference of the Afrikaner Studentebond, Stellenbosch, 15 April 1985, as cited in PW Botha in his own words, Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1987, p. 32
„We are a strong country in a rather sick world. … Our problems are not so much racial as radicals wish to make them.“
— P. W. Botha
As Prime Minister in a Business Week interview, USA, 4 April 1982, as cited in the Sunday Express, and Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1987, PW Botha in his own words, p. 15, 41
„I believe we are today crossing the Rubicon, Mr Chairman. In South Africa there can be no turning back. I have a manifesto for the future of our country and we must engage in positive action in the months and years that lie ahead.“
— P. W. Botha
From his National Party Congress Speech in Durban on 15 August 1985
„Nelson Mandela can rot in prison until he dies or I die, whichever takes longer.“
— P. W. Botha
Reportedly to Cape Town journalists in February 1987, though later denied. As cited by Andrew Donaldson, Sunday Times, 5 November 2006
„Mandela has overstepped the mark. He has broken the law. The judiciary of this country has put him where he belongs according to the rules of democracy.“
— P. W. Botha
As Prime Minister at a National Party meeting in Stellenbosch, 10 April 1980, as cited in PW Botha in his own words, Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1987, p. 85
„We do not force people to move to new homes, we coerce them. [Some believe he meant to say "convince"]“
— P. W. Botha
Press conference in Switzerland on 2 June 1984, as cited by Andrew Donaldson, Sunday Times, 5 November 2006
„The white people who came here lived at a very much higher standard than the indigenous peoples, and with a very rich tradition which they brought with them from Europe.“
— P. W. Botha
As cited in Dictionary of South African Quotations, Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books 1994, p. 441
„I want to warn young people who lend their ears to radicals and who play around with the music from Lusaka - they will end up inside the bear's fur coat, but they will no longer be able to live.“
— P. W. Botha
At an election meeting in Pietermaritzburg on 30 April 1987, as cited by Andrew Donaldson, Sunday Times, 5 November 2006
„The Cubans are not in Africa out of love.“
— P. W. Botha
As Minister of Defence, 22 January 1978, Beeld
„You could not claim for yourself that which you were not prepared to grant others.“
— P. W. Botha
As quoted in A Treasury of Quotations, Lennox-Short and Lee, Donker, 1991, p. 203
„The security and happiness of all minority groups in South Africa depend on the Afrikaner. Whether they are English- or German- or Portuguese- or Italian-speaking, or even Jewish-speaking, makes no difference.“
— P. W. Botha
Speaking to the House of Assembly on February 20, 1981, as cited by Andrew Donaldson, Sunday Times, 5 November 2006
„No more mine-laying. No more murder. No more abduction of women and children. No more attacks on headmen. No more raids across the border. So long as these conditions do not exist there will be no withdrawal [from South-West Africa] of South African troops.“
— P. W. Botha
As Prime Minister to the House of Assembly, 8 March 1979, as cited in PW Botha in his own words, Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1987, p. 65
„The Republic of South Africa has a new formula under the National Party's leadership: black nations can get freedom without firing shots or revolution.“
— P. W. Botha
As prime minister, Graaff-Reinet, 26 May 1984, as cited in PW Botha in his own words, Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1987, p. 35
„Lord Milner had, in the forced Peace of Vereeniging ensured that there was to be no franchise for black people after the introduction of self-government – which was never intended. It was only after half a century that an Afrikaner government started doing something about black rights.“
— P. W. Botha
As state president, unveiling a monument to Boer War victims at Delareyville, 10 October 1985, as cited in PW Botha in his own words, Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1987, p. 34
