Court Transcript of statement from the Dock of Nelson Mandela, Pretoria Supreme Court, 20 April 1964
… expressing opposition to this principle had been closed by legislation, and we were placed in a position in which we had … in a decision which was taken to protest against apartheid legislation by peaceful, but unlawful, demonstrations against … the African people nothing but more and more repressive legislation, and fewer and fewer rights. It may not be easy …