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We Believe As Much In The Purity Of Race As We Think They Do... We Believe Also That The White Race Of South Africa Should Be The Predominating Race.

-Mahatma Gandhi

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We Believe As Much In The Purity Of Race As We Think They Do... We Believe Also That The White Race Of South Africa Should Be The Predominating Race.

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Action Expresses Priorities.

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