Bob Hawke Quotes About Fighting

Quotes about: Fighting

• I led the fight here against apartheid as President of the ACTU, including particularly the Springbok tour in 1971. And that led to the banning of the South African cricket tour which had been scheduled - that was something that I sorted out with Sir Donald Bradman. That was interesting.

  Bob Hawke

  Fighting, Interesting, President

  Source: www.commonwealthoralhistories.org

• I assumed the leadership within the Commonwealth for the fight against apartheid. I was very much assisted by Brian Mulroney, the Prime Minister of Canada, [and] Rajiv Gandhi, when he became the Prime Minister of India. And there were trade sanctions.

  Bob Hawke

  Fighting, India, Canada

  Source: www.commonwealthoralhistories.org

• It was a remarkable relationship. Margaret [Thatcher] and I had a love/hate relationship. She was always defending the South African regime and we had some terrible fights, including an enormous one in Canada.

  Bob Hawke

  Hate, Fighting, Canada

  Source: www.commonwealthoralhistories.org

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