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Top 15 P. W. Botha Quotes (2025 Update)

P. W. Botha Quote: “I am sick and tired of the hollow parrot-cry of “Apartheid!” I’ve said many times that the word “Apartheid” means good neighbourliness.”

1. “I am sick and tired of the hollow parrot-cry of “Apartheid!” I’ve said many times that the word “Apartheid” means good neighbourliness.”

— P. W. Botha

P. W. Botha Quote: “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.”

2. “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.”

— P. W. Botha

P. W. Botha Quote: “There is only one element that can break the Afrikaner, and that is the Afrikaner himself. It is when the Afrikaner, like a baboonshot in the stomach, pulls out his own intestines. We must guard against that.”

3. “There is only one element that can break the Afrikaner, and that is the Afrikaner himself. It is when the Afrikaner, like a baboonshot in the stomach, pulls out his own intestines. We must guard against that.”

— P. W. Botha

P. W. Botha Quote: “Nelson Mandela can rot in prison until he dies or I die, whichever takes longer.”

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

— P. W. Botha

P. W. Botha Quote: “Our history is responsible for the differences in the South African way of life.”

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

— P. W. Botha

P. W. Botha Quote: “South Africa is not a jellyfish and is in many respects a swordfish.”

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

— P. W. Botha

P. W. Botha Quote: “The security and happiness of all minority groups in South Africa depend on the Afrikaner. Whether they are English- or German- or Portuguese- or Italian-speaking, or even Jewish-speaking, makes no difference.”

7. “The security and happiness of all minority groups in South Africa depend on the Afrikaner. Whether they are English- or German- or Portuguese- or Italian-speaking, or even Jewish-speaking, makes no difference.”

— P. W. Botha

P. W. Botha Quote: “The people who are opposing the policy of apartheid have not the courage of their convictions. They do not marry non-Europeans.”

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

— P. W. Botha

P. W. Botha Quote: “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.”

9. “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.”

— P. W. Botha

P. W. Botha Quote: “We do not want chaos in South Africa.”

10. “We do not want chaos in South Africa.”

— P. W. Botha

P. W. Botha Quote: “Most blacks are happy, except those who have had other ideas pushed into their ears.”

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

— P. W. Botha

P. W. Botha Quote: “I never have the nagging doubt of wondering whether perhaps I am wrong.”

12. “I never have the nagging doubt of wondering whether perhaps I am wrong.”

— P. W. Botha

P. W. Botha Quote: “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.”

13. “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.”

— P. W. Botha

P. W. Botha Quote: “You could not claim for yourself that which you were not prepared to grant others.”

14. “You could not claim for yourself that which you were not prepared to grant others.”

— P. W. Botha

P. W. Botha Quote: “The acceptance of vertical differentiation with the built-in principle of self-determination must apply on as many levels as possible.”

15. “The acceptance of vertical differentiation with the built-in principle of self-determination must apply on as many levels as possible.”

— P. W. Botha

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