Our target is not negotiations, it is the end of the apartheid system. There can be no compromise about that. Oliver Tambo More Quotes by Oliver Tambo More Quotes From Oliver Tambo The children of any nation are its future. A country, a Oliver Tambo doecountrychildren We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity. Oliver Tambo black-and-whitevisionpeace The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest. Oliver Tambo lovepeacecountry Racial discrimination, South Africa's economic power, its oppression and exploitation of all the black peoples, are part and parcel of the same thing. Oliver Tambo discriminationoppressionblack Using the power you derive from the discovery of the truth about racism in South Africa, you will help us to remake our part of the world into a corner of the globe on which all - of which all of humanity can be proud. Oliver Tambo racismtruthdiscovery It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction. Oliver Tambo economicmaycountry We believe that the world, too, can destroy apartheid, firstly by striking at the economy of South Africa. Oliver Tambo economybelieveworld We seek to create a united Democratic and non-racial society. Oliver Tambo uniteddemocraticatheism We all belong to South Africa, and South Africa belongs to us all. Oliver Tambo belongusafricasouth-africa The more pressure you bring from without, the less internal pressure is necessary. Oliver Tambo withoutmoreyoupressure The struggle to conquer oppression in our country is the weaker for the traditionalist, conservative, and primitive restraints imposed on women by man-dominated structures within our movement, as also because of equally traditionalist attitudes of surrender and submission on the part of women. Oliver Tambo conquerwomenstrugglecountry The sanctions will not kill us. It's apartheid that's killing us. Oliver Tambo uswillapartheidsanctions The land on which the cattle grazed was communal property. It was owned by no one. It was nobody's private farm. It was the common property of the people, shared by the people. So the practice of sharing was central to the concept of ownership of property. Oliver Tambo sharingnobodypracticepeople Responsibility for the proper conduct of children was not confined to their parents only. When they misbehaved, they misbehaved against the community. And a senior member of the community was expected to do something about it. Oliver Tambo parentssomethingcommunitychildren The true facts are not always obvious. They often have to be looked for. Oliver Tambo truealwaysobviousfacts The popularity of leaders like Mandela was an invitation to counter-attack by the government. Mandela was banned from speaking, from attending gatherings, from leaving Johannesburg, from belonging to any organization. Oliver Tambo anybelonginggovernmentorganization We have got to move away from the concept of race and color because that is what apartheid is. We cannot end apartheid if we retain these concepts. Oliver Tambo cannotendcolorrace Apartheid is inherently a practice of violence. Oliver Tambo apartheidviolencepractice I can see quite clearly that if there was a single event that launched me on the road to ultimate involvement at the heart of South African politics, it was an assault on an African woman by her white employer in a kitchen in Fort Hare. Oliver Tambo womanmepoliticsheart You were not wanted. You were, at best, tolerated. You had to be constantly on your guard, like an animal in a jungle full of beasts of prey. You experienced it all within the short distance of five miles from the gates of St. Peter's to Park Station in the city. Oliver Tambo citybestyouanimal
