 | William Edward Garrett Fisher - 1896 - Počet stránok 304
...to the Volksraad. " I would rather," he declared, " be a policeman under a strong government than a President of such a State. It is you—you members of the Raad and the Boers, who have ruined the country, who have sold your independence for a drink. You have ill-treated... | |
 | Sir Percy Fitzpatrick - 1899 - Počet stránok 498
...on March 3 President Burgers read an address to the Raad, in which the following words occur : ' ' I would rather be a policeman under a strong Government than the President of such a State. It is you — you members of the Raad and the Boers — who have lost the country, who have sold your independence... | |
 | Alleyne Ireland - 1900 - Počet stránok 160
...annexation. His language was unmistakable. Speaking on March 3, 1877, before the Raad, he said : " I would rather be a policeman under a strong government than the president of such a State. It is you — you members of the Raad and the Boers — who have lost the country, who have sold your independence... | |
 | Ernest Bruce Iwan-Müller - 1902 - Počet stránok 800
...than a month before the annexation : 2 I would rather be a policeman under a strong Government than a President of such a State. It is you—you members...the country, who have sold your independence for a soupie (a drink). You have ill-treated the natives, you have shot them down, you have sold them into... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - Počet stránok 702
...some remarkable words addressed to the volksraad: "I would rather," said Burgers in March, 1877, " be a policeman under a strong government than the president of such a state. It is you — you members of the raad and the Boers — who have lost the country, who have sold your independence... | |
 | Israel Smith Clare - 1906 - Počet stránok 468
...annexation. In a speech to the Volksraad, a few days before annexation was accomplished, he said : " I would rather be a policeman under a strong government than the President of such a state. It is you — you members of the Raad and the Boers — who have lost the country, who have sold your independence... | |
 | 1911 - Počet stránok 1096
...some remarkable words addressed to the volksraad : " I would rather," said Burgers in March 1877, " be a policeman under a strong government than the president of such a state. It is you — you members 6f the Raad and the Boers — who have tost the country, who havc_ sold your independence... | |
 | 1911 - Počet stránok 1124
...some remarkable words addressed to the volksraad: " I would rather," said Burgers in March 1877, " be a policeman under a strong government than the president of such a state. It is you — you members of the Raad and the Boers — who have lost the country, who have sold your independence... | |
 | 1914 - Počet stránok 768
...Boera Seek British Protection. British Annexation of the Transvaal. Speech of President Burgers. " I would rather be a policeman under a strong government than the President of such a state. It is you — you members of the Raad and the Boers — who have lost the country, who have sold your independence... | |
 | Dorothea Fairbridge - 1918 - Počet stránok 346
...prevailed in the Transvaal. President Burgers, addressing the Volksraad in March, 1877, had said : 'I would rather be a policeman under a strong government than the President of such a State. It is you — you members of the Raad and the Boers — who have lost the country, who have sold your independence... | |
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I would rather," said Burgers in March 1877, " be a policeman under a strong government than the president of such a state. It is you — you members of the Raad and the Boers — who have lost the country, who have sold your independence for a drink.... 
