Oliver Tambo Quotes

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.
The true facts are not always obvious. They often have to be looked for.
The U.S. is the last country that should see itself as an ally of the apartheid system.
The violence associated with the A.N.C. is minimal, infinitesimal next to the violence of the apartheid regime.
There is no way a spirit of resistance that has sunk so deep in the population can be repressed.
There is nothing in ANC policy which calls for attacks on civilians in supermarkets, schools, and cinemas unless these are regarded as military installations.
This uprising of 1976-77 was, of course, the historic watershed... Within a short period of time, it propelled into the forefront of our struggle millions of young people.
Those who want to perpetuate apartheid also seek to divert your attention to the false issue of communism, to send the entire American public on a witch hunt.
To go back means defeat.
We all belong to South Africa, and South Africa belongs to us all.
We believe it is comprehensive international sanctions against the white regime that will save us from the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of South Africans, black and white.
We had to forge an alliance of strength based not on colour but on commitment to the total abolition of apartheid and oppression; we would seek allies, of whatever colour, as long as they were totally agreed on our liberation aims.
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.
We were very lucky. My mother and stepmothers were on very, very good terms, and so we, the children, grew up as brothers and sisters.
Whites, like ourselves, belong to our country. They are compatriots, fellow citizens... we see them as Africans.
Who is a terrorist? Is it not the person who has been persecuting human beings simply because they are black?
Whoever says that sanctions will only deteriorate the situations of blacks in South Africa does not know the criminal, murderous character of genocide that represents the system of apartheid.
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.
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Oliver Tambo
Profession
Politician
BirthDate
27 October, 1917
DeathDate
24 April, 1993
Country
South Africa
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