19 Quotes by F. W. de Klerk

When I talk about the end of apartheid, I prefer not to claim the honor that I have ended it.

In our quest for peace, we should constantly ask ourselves what we should do to create conditions in which peace can prosper.

The question that we must ask is whether we are making progress toward the goal of universal peace. Or are we caught up on a treadmill of history, turning forever on the axle of mindless aggression and self-destruction?

I believe that first impressions are very important.

Above all, we owe it to the children of the world to stop the conflicts and to create new horizons for them.

You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.

I played an integral part in helpings formulating that new vision... that we must abandon apartheid and accept one united South Africa with equal rights for all, with all forms of discrimination to be scrapped from the statute book.

President Mandela was not a hands-on president at any time.

It was an honour for me to have been able to work with Mr. Mandela in the process that led to the adoption of the interim constitution and our first democratic elections in April 1994.