I HAD ALWAYS TRIED NOT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THAT. WE DID NOT WANT TO DESTROY THE COUNTRY BEFORE WE LIBERATED IT, AND DRIVING THE WHITES OUT WOULD HAVE RUINED THE NATION. I SAID THAT THERE WAS A BALANCE BETWEEN THE FEARS OF WHITES AND THE HOPES OF BLACKS, AND WE AT THE ANC WERE LOOKING FOR IT.