P. W. Botha Quotes

It's a psychological onslaught, an economic one, a diplomatic one, a military onslaught – a total onslaught.

I feel more welcome among the black communities than I do among Coloureds

I am not against the provision of the necessary medical assistance to Coloured and natives, because, unless they receive that medical aid, they become a source of danger to the European community.

Our history is responsible for the differences in the South African way of life.

We do not know what tomorrow will bring. We are not prophets. This is a step in the dark. We can only proceed into the future with faith.

Many refugees – White, Brown and Black – flee to South Africa. Why? Here they know they have safety.

There is only one element that can break the Afrikaner … and that is the Afrikaner himself.

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.

South Africa is not a jellyfish and is in many respects a swordfish.

Unfortunately [South Africa] has been badly repaid for her loyalty because the West has expelled her from the family circle while befriending the most dictatorial regimes on Earth.

The Cubans are not in Africa out of love.

Most blacks are happy, except those who have had other ideas pushed into their ears.

Because you could not translate the word apartheid into the more universal language of English, the wrong connotation was given to it.

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.

The people who are opposing the policy of apartheid have not the courage of their convictions. They do not marry non-Europeans.