Reuters quote of the day September 9

London, Sep 8 (Reuters) Following is a notable quote from history. ''The season of violence is over. The time for reconstruction and reconciliation has arrived.'' -- South African President F W de Klerk, while lifting a 30-year ban on the African National Congress and announcing an early release of its jailed leader Nelson Mandela in 1990. De Klerk, who participated in the freeing of South Africa from the scourge of his National Party's apartheid policies, retired from parliament on September 9, 1997.

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