Frederik Willem de Klerk
(1936-)

South African Politician, Helped End Apartheid
1991 Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
1993 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

birthdate: March 18
birthplace:
Johannesburg, South Africa

QUOTES

"Peace does not fare well where poverty and deprivation reign. It does not flourish where there is ignorance and a lack of education and information. Repression, injustice and exploitation are inimical with peace. Peace is gravely threatened by inter-group fear and envy and by the unleashing of unrealistic expectations. Racial, class and religious intolerance and prejudice are its mortal enemies."

The new era which is dawning… will lift us out of the silent grief of our past and into a future in which there will be opportunity and space for joy and beauty - for real and lasting peace.

 

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