The idea of an Afrikaner people as a cultural entity and religious group with a special language will be retained in South Africa as long as civilisation stands.

Nelson Mandela can rot in prison until he dies or I die, whichever takes longer.

I am sick and tired of the hollow parrot-cry of "Apartheid!" I've said many times that the word "Apartheid" means good neighbourliness.

Most blacks are happy, except those who have had other ideas pushed into their ears.

I want to warn young people who lend their ears to radicals and who play around with the music from Lusaka - they will end up inside the bear's fur coat, but they will no longer be able to live.

I am not against the provision of the necessary medical assistance to Coloured and natives, because, unless they receive that medical aid, they become a source of danger to the European community.

We do not want chaos in South Africa.

Our history is responsible for the differences in the South African way of life.

South Africa is not a jellyfish and is in many respects a swordfish.

The free world wants to feed South Africa to the Red Crocodile [communism], to appease its hunger.

The people who are opposing the policy of apartheid have not the courage of their convictions. They do not marry non-Europeans.

Each of us has more intelligence than we are trained to use and the part that we get graded on in school doesn’t amount to much.

Money is a product of time

Growing up I sometimes imagined that for Christ's return perhaps He would appear as 'Black Jesus' to white people and 'White Jesus' to black people just to screw with the racists.

...I believe that doubts, honestly expressed and wrestled with, produce a faith that is stronger and more intimate than doubts suppressed under the veneer of faith.

Humility, gratitude, and generosity – three things you can never go wrong with.

Art is too often discounted as a secondary priority. The writer is necessary to society.

I wouldn't advise [people] to be silent.

I'd like to get back and win the World Series and have that be the last image in my mind for the postseason.

One of the most important thing in families, both for children and spouses, is never to close off possibilities - particularly never to make demands or threats.

Make yourself look really stupid so you don't feel bad doing something a little stupid.