Harry Oppenheimer Quotes

I have always thought that the rapid economic development of South Africa would in the long run prove to be incompatible with the government's racial policies, and recent events have tended to confirm my opinion.

Harry Oppenheimer

• South Africa
• Economic development
• Government's racial policies

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• I have always thought that the rapid economic development of South Africa would in the long run prove to be incompatible with the government's racial policies, and recent events have tended to confirm my opinion.

  

  Harry Oppenheimer
  • South Africa
  • Economic development
  • Government's racial policies