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The victory of democracy in South Africa is the common achievement of all humanity.
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Democracy is based on the majority principle. This is especially true in a country such as ours where the vast majority have been systematically denied their rights. At the same time, democracy also requires that the rights of political and other minorities be safeguarded.
In the political order we have established there will regular, open and free elections, at all levels of government — central, provincial and municipal. There shall also be a social order which respects completely the culture, language and religious rights of all sections of our society and the fundamental rights of the individual. Inaugural speech (1994)
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You may succeed in delaying, but never in preventing the transition of South Africa to a democracy.
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