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Article: South Africa Must Be Able To Forge Unity Out Of Diversity
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- The Philadelphia Tribune
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- January 28, 1994
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Thomas M. Setiloane
Philadelphia Tribune, The
01-28-1994
South Africa Must Be Able To Forge Unity Out Of Diversity.
By Thomas M. Setiloane
A colleague of mine recently travelled to the United States on business. When he returned he showed me an American coin, a 5-cent piece. On its face is a portrait of Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and the famous words: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are lie, liberty, and these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, ...