I say we shall always have native crime to fear until the n… - Alan Paton

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I say we shall always have native crime to fear until the native people of this country have worthy goals to work for. For it is only because they see neither purpose nor goal that they turn to drink and crime and prostitution.

Alan Paton

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Alan Stewart Paton (11 January 1903 – 12 April 1988) was a South African author and anti-apartheid activist.

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Alternative Names: Alan Patton • Alan Stewart Paton • Alen Peṭon

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