When South Africa got independence from the White Apartheid Rulers
in 1990 under the leadership of Nelson Mandela, a large part of his
supporters and comrades, mainly from the African Tribes had demanded
special privileges and reserved quotas in the education, public and
private sectors respectively!
But Nelson Mandela replied that he
wouldn't allow any such special privileges or reserved quotas at any
cost, because the products of such reservations would destroy the whole nation!!
The famous statement of Nelson Mandela is permanently displayed at the entrance of the University of South Africa.
Selected excerpts from his amazingly insightful statement read as follows:
"Destroying any nation does not require the use of atomic bombs or the
use of long range missiles. It only requires lowering the quality of
education and allowing cheating in the examinations by the
students....."
"Patients die at the hands of such quack doctors.
Buildings collapse at the hands of such dubious engineers. Money is
lost in the hands of such bankers, economists and accountants. Humanity
dies at the hands of such pseudo-religious scholars. Justice is lost at
the hands of such corrupt judges..."
"The collapse of education is the
collapse of a nation..."
Alas! What an amazing relevance !!!
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