"Apartheid cannot be reformed, it has to be eliminated."

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Source : "World Affairs in Foreign Films: Getting the Global Picture". Book by Roberta Seret, p. 122, 2011.

Olof Palme

#Apartheid Quotes

“Mandela? He lasted 27 years in prison but he never could've done 30.”
“By trying to give an artistic approach through my book I stepped unwillingly into other fields. Like a dentist being asked about a throat ache on a much more relevant scale, I was caught in trying to explain what was unexplainable for me. In the end, trying to explain why it was unexplainable finally led to a huge general insecurity in dealing with the subject at all.”
“I write longer sentences than most of the others, maybe because I probably like Henry James more than they do.”
“The essence of wisdom, from a practical standpoint, is pausing long enough to look at our lives-invitations, opportunities, relationships-from God's perspective. And then acting on it”
“Comin' from the school of hard knocks, Some perpetrate...they drink Clorox. Attack the black, cause I know they lack exact The cold facts, and still they try to Xerox.”
“I was on the highway - I saw the scariest thing in the world, man. I saw an Asian driving an SUV. Really, I just drove my car right into the guardrail, figured I'd save him some time.”
“A period film, where you, for example, where you have a traditional wardrobes, you are bound to act a certain way. But in a modern film, a lot of body gesture.”
“Unless I am convicted by Scripture and plain reason-I do not accept the authority of popes and councils, for they have contradicted each other-my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen.”

Source : 1521 Speech in defence of his doctrines at the Diet of Worms, 18 Apr.

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