Albie Sachs: SA Constitutional Court Judge interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 24 March 1998, Johannesburg Constitutional Court
… powerful racial component to the extent that race was used as an element of state policy, the laws revolved around race, … it’s not against a people, it’s against the system of colonialism. And they won very important allies from the … the possibility, the risk of killing civilians, it’s a factor to be taken into account, but it wouldn’t be decisive, …