We are fighting for economic justice and freedom, against a continually corrupt and capitalist government. The poor gets poorer the rich get richer. A not so intelligent child of a minister goes to international schools whilst a naturally, intellectually endowed child of a peasant sits under a tree in the hinterlands of our country. Let rumours of spies and death squads not dumpen ur morale. As u soldier on remember dz words of unwavering determination: I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die” -- at the Rivonia treason trial in April 1964, when he faced the possibility of a death sentence.
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