Extract from a speech at the opening of the National Party Congress of the Orange Free State at Bloemfontein on 18 September 1973
… this National Party -just look at the political and other history of South Africa - this party is the one that has … past. And I do not want to dwell upon that part of our history because, ladies and gentlemen, fortunately that belongs to the past, that belongs to history, it is well behind us and we must look to the future. …