Political Quotes

“a few years ago, in the moving South African theater piece ``Sarafina,'' the schoolchildren of Soweto sang a joyous hymn to what seemed like a distant future called Freedom Is Coming Tomorrow. But now, that tomorrow has come. Freedom is here today. Millions in South Africa and, indeed, around the world, have good reason to celebrate. The recently concluded election in South Africa was a resounding victory for human rights. It is a call for a renewed dedication in all of Africa to the cause of human freedom, racial tolerance, and nonviolent change. I have spent a good deal of my life dealing with issues affecting the people of Africa. I and many others here in the United States and elsewhere have waited a long time to see this great day. Many people have dedicated themselves to making it happen. But true credit must go to those South Africans who sacrificed so much--even their lives--to gain this new, great measure of democracy. Their common struggle can best be remembered by their uncompromising devotion to freedom and unremitting opposition to the brutality of apartheid. It is to them that the people of South Africa will always owe a debt of gratitude. For millions more the work has not yet ended. For Nelson Mandela, whose faith in the future of South Africa was unshaken by 27 years of imprisonment, the real work has only just begun.”