Ian Douglas Smith Memorial Service Kings Park Perth
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Mr Smith famous quote, “never in a thousand years”
Here’s the full quote, which has always been squashed.
“I have said before, and I repeat, we are prepared to bring black people into our Government to work with us. I think we have got to accept that in the future Rhodesia is a country for black and white, not white as opposed to black and vice versa. I believe this is wrong thinking for Rhodesia.
We have got to try to get people to change their line of thinking if they are still thinking like that. This is outdated in Rhodesia today. I don’t believe in majority rule ever in Rhodesia… not in 1,000 years. I repeat that I believe in blacks and whites working together. If one day it is white and the next day black I believe we would have failed and it will be a disaster for Rhodesia.”
How right he was.the Marxist leftwing mentality that was trying to devour the world, and is still trying to day, decades later, twisted the facts.
History and present day Zimbabwe show the truth....
Scince the death of this great man, many people have realised how right he was, he had an insight that has become reality. Just look at the violence in Kenya today.
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Ian Douglas Smith Memorial Service Kings Park Perth, Sunday 2nd December 2007. Short clips of a moving service. Feel FREE to leave your comments. Rest In Peace Mr Smith.
Rest in peace Mr Smith, you gave your all. Rest easy.
NZ Patriot a fine effort
May you rest in peace.
I had the privilege of meeting him. Apart from been both Rhodesians and of Scottish decent, we shared our love for rugby. A gentleman and true legend indeed. Gone but not forgotten.
Lucky
I love Ian smith
@@punishedgloyperstormtroope8098 of course you loved a racist colonizer & terrorist. Glad he gave up power and Rhodesia fell to smithereens
I have been looking at the history of Zimbabwe lately, out of interest, & I find Mr Ian Smith an outstanding politician. He had proven himself right in the course of history. I also admire his ability to keep his counsel after the new government was formed. He also asked his followers not to criticise the new government. I pay my personal tribute to him too. I am of Asian background living in Hong Kong in the 70s when he was in power. Look at Zimbabwe today, where are the great leaders?
@birdman33369 - True.
WHATS HAPPENING IN MY COUNTRY ITS NONE OF YOUR BUSSINESS MORON
@Cheung, Land reforms by Mugabe actually recorded alot of success despite sanctions from US & UK.
oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/has-zimbabwes-land-reform-actually-been-a-success-a-new-book-says-yes/
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11764004
Black farmers are producing and economy is picking up, every change is shock to the system, over a little time, stability comes in
Ian Smith saw a soon to be independent African like Hong Kong became in 1997, then he rebelled as his masters British govt and formed white minority rule, simply means white own the means of production, (land, labour, resources), indigenous Blacks are their servants.
You won't accept that in Hongkong? would you?
@Jan Pearson that shit rhodhizhiya is dead and gone so u bunch of morons think u can come out of where ever caves u came from and name our land yo names and think it will work dummies
Hows it going fighting your own civil war against communist aggression
they did have equal rights rhodesia had the best standards of living and rights for both black and white than any other african nation
Yep very true
www.rhodesia.me.uk/a-peoples-progress/?fbclid=IwAR2sOz_GzCRDE1Zdw2TFFlJ7F8geuhYCZJAk0RsSVJ9ZEbbyCGu23XyFs_o
The equal part is a bold lie, the rights applied on raccial lines but the economy was truly flourishing. A great statesman with an interesting charactor.
He impressed me with the UDI, a bold move.
But he represented white supremacy, He was a true guadian of white power an aspect termed racism by the majority rule proponents.
He was a fine example of a Christian Leader,who knew what would lead his nation to a good future.
he was a racist colonizer & terrorist. God doesnt bless men like this!
Glad he gave up power and Rhodesia fell to smithereens.
Thank you Rhodesians in Perth and the Gov of Australia for honouring such a great man. There are few men this great that have been acknowldeged for what he did and stood for but was pursecuted and denied by those he was prepared to Die for.....God Bless Ian Smith and All Rhodesians world wide. We will live as Rhodesian till the last man falls.
he was a racist colonizer & terrorist. God doesnt bless men like this!
Glad he gave up power and Rhodesia fell to smithereens
His gravestone should've said "I told you so"
No! It should read, here lies a fascist who ways responsible for 20000 deaths, may his soul burn in hell
@@brianmuvuti2102 No that would be Mugabe who was responsible for all these many deaths during the Ndebele massacre you moron.
True the shonas have messed up the good country
@@brianmuvuti2102 how dare you speak to a great man who fought to freedom and white born peoples in Rhodesia! At least when Rhodesia still existed black farms had the investments that let them prosper!
@@brianmuvuti2102 Zimbabwe was so poor that they had to make a trillion dollar bill! Mugabe was a cruel dictator who oppressed his people and whites he is the Nazi!
I Am An Australian. Rest in Peace Ian Smith. I Salute To You On Your Service In the Royal Air Force, And the Prime Minister of Rhodesia!!!
ID Smith was a man who stood for his beliefs I admire him
racist & colonizer beliefs thats why the entire world wanted nothing to do with him and the FAUX country Rhodesia
Thanks for your comments. Vindication is the word that comes to mind...
Steve Carter Hello Steve I'm Chan from Zimbabwe I'm black and I'm so much hurt by what Mugabe has done. There is disabled people in Zimbabwe who are sleeping I n the streets no help whatsoever for them. I'm in UK as refugee and I'm setting up a project to try and help Artists with physical life challenges such as disability so they can have a platform to showcase their talents to a wider audience worldwide. I need help people who csn make this became successful please
rip mr. Smith. you were always right..
God Bless you, war hero and great patriot, Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith
May his soul rest in peace. he was a great leader who loved his people. I am a black zimbabwean who respects Mr Ian Smith. He worked hard to have the country be what it is today. -- John Motsi
Thank you for seeing past the colour of his skin and recognising him for what he was.
He was a good man
Learning about Ian Smiths story reassures my fear that evil always win. If there ever was an example of a man who loved his country more than himself, ian Smith is it. God Bless Ian Smith.
Alisa Golz , I agree. And especially in the world today.
Steve Carter The big problem with what’s going on now is that those good men and women who are defenders of the truth are still being beaten by those who wish to destroy it and I believe it’s because those who value the truth don’t value power as well and those who want to destroy the truth value power. The right has value to the truth for the past 50 years But it hasn’t valued power anywhere near as much and look at where that got us there are many people in the right who have the potential to be like Ian Smith but are to scared to do so, whereas the lying Marxist have prioritised power above everything else and they’ve been rather successful in doing so they have made so many people in the population too scared to stand up for themselves while the Marxist destroy our nations in our way of life
More people in the right need to be like Ian Smith and value the truth and use it to seize power before it’s too late
@@tuxstfilms7547 couldnt have said it better myself... 🙌🙌💯💯💯💯💯
Good will ultimately triumph over evil if you have a saving faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Do not make this world your home because there will be a new heaven and new earth where righteousness dwells
he was a racist colonizer & terrorist. God doesnt bless men like this!
Glad he gave up power and Rhodesia fell to smithereens
Stevoutubo, thanks very much for posting this.
I confess I lost it about a minute and a half into the video. Big boys don't cry, of course. It's just that I had something in my eye.
With all due respect, I would say that in a certain sense this was not just a memorial for a great man, but a memorial for a generation or three, all around the world, who were robbed of what their ancestors worked so hard for.
Seems like it was an excellent service for a brilliant man. Rest In Peace Ian Smith.
UlstersFreedom it's not true blacks defeated him
@@deliwendlovu6954 *communists
@@benlonghurst7777 of course communists defeated white supremacist.
Ian Smith did so much for all the people of Rhodesia, black and white. It's a tragedy that Zimbabwe now is a complete failed state. From the most prosperous African country ever to a complete disaster.
he was a racist colonizer & terrorist. God doesnt bless men like this!
Glad he gave up power and Rhodesia fell to smithereens.
Rhodesia means nothing to me, its a wasteland that evaporated long ago. A country created only to be enjoyed by the whites. Im glad it fell
Being a teenager in Canberra in the 70s, Rhodesia was part of the news background. Recently I have been fascinated with the videos about Rhodesia on CZcams. I find it striking how similar the Australian and Rhodesian landscapes are, and how similar Salisbury looked to Canberra, although Salisbury was bigger and more of a commercial centre. The same building styles, the pencil cypresses and eucalypts, the statues and war memorials and neatly tended gardens, the clear dry air, the blue skies. The soldiers, boys or men only a few years older than me, all looking like we could have gone to the same school, fighting a war. When I was at primary school, the boys finishing sixth form at the attached secondary school were liable for the draft, for Vietnam. I hope people from Rhodesia have found a familiar home-from-home here.
A real patriot and lover of his country - god bless Ian Smith
Ian Smith never to be forgotten.
It’s not what you take when you leave this world behind you but what you leave behind you when your gone.
he was a racist colonizer & terrorist. God doesnt bless men like this!
Glad he gave up power and Rhodesia fell to smithereens
Requiescat in pace; you did everything in your power. May you not be forgotten by future generations.
I am a 56 years old Zambian, I was born the day Ian Douglas Smith declared unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) on the 11/11/1965, the Doctor who was attending to my Mother gave me the name Smith as the first name, and I have kept the name up to day. Though I never got to meet the Person I was named after. MHSRIEP
A sad loss, but a great memory. You have created a proud nation within us. R.I.P sir
Wish we all had the opportunity to meet him I personally had a lot of questions I wanted to ask him
Mugabe is dead and forgotten but Ian Smith lives on in the hearts and minds of all his people. Remember Rhodesians never die.
Much love and appreciation from The United States of America 🇺🇸
Smith was a racist colonizer & terrorist.
Glad he gave up power and Rhodesia fell to smithereens!
Mugabe is loved and celebrated all across Africa as a hero,
all you have to do is type his name on CZcams.
Smith evaporated into nothing and only bitter Rhoddies remember him,
even Europeans wanted nothing to do with Rhodesia
Mr Smith has been vindicated by Mugabe's treacherous actions, don't you think.
Bless your soul PM Smith..though some couldn't see your vision for a responsible unified Rhodesia we your legacy can. And as the sun sets on the remnants of the failed communist Zimbabwean experiment, i am reminded that yours was the most human soul this land ever birthed.
"Another statesmen of your caliber is not yet born."
Rest in Peace, Ian Smith. Gone but never forgotten.
god bless you mr smith..and rhodesia too.greetings from croatia
This was a great man who led zim in good way not what we're seeing this time R. I. P Great man smith
HE WAS RACIST WE KICKED HIM OUT
@Abraham Dulimar We dont need unhere whats happening here is corruption nothing to do with u pink people RIP MY HERO MUGABE FOREVER LOVED IN ZIM
@Abraham Dulimar did u just say white farmers from their land u mean my land
@Abraham Dulimar if rodhizhiya was so good why did my people went to war to free their lives from slavery and racism in fact I don't really wanna talk about these people it makes me sick
@Abraham Dulimar please stay away from my Zimbabwean problems we will find our way we don't need them here by the Chinese have most farms now and they are doing great it's only useless leader who don't know how to run the country but that still none of your business
I wish I had been there Ian Smith was a leader for all times.
Rest In Peace Ian Douglas Smith, you are forever flowing through our hearts and the land that you love eternally
Interesting Comments from every one. One inportant quality this website has - Which is not present in Mugabe's Zimbabwe, is freedom of speach.
Go MDC, and welcome Presindent Morgan!
Rest in peace. God has placed you in his own arms. Thanks for all you did.
@chimerandeipi
It will change one day. It may not carry the name of Rhodesia, but someday, the freedom and liberty that was, shall be restored. And in that, Rhodesia will have risen again.
Would love to, but I didn't film the whole thing. There was one "official" cameramna, but not sure who it was...
Rise O Voices reduces me to tears every time I hear it now, even 40+ years after leaving Africa. I shall be a Rhodesian to the end of my days, no matter the span of years or the miles between my memories of a wonderful man and a great republic. Had the privilege of meeting IDS in the US. A truly amazing, amazing man. RIP, Sir.
he was a racist colonizer & terrorist. God doesnt bless men like this!
Glad he gave up power and Rhodesia fell to smithereens
IAN SMITH ,RIP FROM LA PAZ BOLIVIA
May you forever rest in peace, good sir 🇩🇰
God bless you Ian Smith,RIP
Thank you for the upload, Steve Carter.
Thanks for posting your comment. I totally agree with your thoughts. Good luck...
Well done on a fine tribute and turn out from you guys 'down under' - good weather and all! I hope to post some short clips from the UK service just as soon as I can put them together - the content is available on CD if there is anyone who would like to hear the UK service. Neil
God bless Ian Smith and rest him in his bosom. Amen.
we will miis you Ian Smith great son of africa; holly moyo vancouver
HAMBA KAHLE BROTHER...SORE WITH EAGLES...
May he rest in peace , from an admirer from Greece
Thanks Ian Smith,your memory will live on ,not just in my Heart,but also in the Hearts of many others.Rest in Peace we L:ove you!
To the Men the real Men
Your Army was the best in Africa.
What the world has lost in the demise and destruction of this extraordinary country only future generations will know.History will write the final verdict.I salute IDS!
rip smithy.
The music at 0:30 seconds is Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia. Thanks for this beautiful video.
lovely service for a good leader
Rest easy Minister Smith. Rhodesians don’t die, they just go Keep the devil north of the Zambezi in heaven
I admired Ian Smith from the early 1970s when I started post high school working. His books sell on Amazon, Abe, E-bay, from over $200 to a first edition Hard Cover "The Great Betrayal: The Memoirs of Ian Douglas Smith" (1997) selling for $538 USA $'s on Amazon. The rare three books on R. Mugabe sell for under $20.
rip to lan smith the great politician
RIP SIR
"I Don't Believe in Black Majority Rule EVER! In Rhodesia. Not in 1000 Years" "I repeat: I believe in black and white working together" "if one day it's white the next day it is black" I believe we will have failed and I think it would be a disaster for Rhodesia" One of the Greatest Quotes from Ian Douglas Smith. Rest in Peace Ian Douglas Smith. 1919-2007 I Salute you for your Service in the Air Force. and Prime Minister of Rhodesia.
Joe 13 I very much agree with you. Unfortunately back then, as we are seeing in USA now, the power of the left was stronger, and Mugabe rode in of the classic of All identity politics. He was later to show his true agenda, but this is why socialism and Marxism doesn’t work.
@@stevoutubo what was socialist about Mugabe?
Long live the memory of all rhodesians the armed forces and smithy
Just finished reading it as well. I felt that Mr. Smith was a victim of policies outside of his control.
R.I.P. Mr. Smith. I read your biography and I maynot have agreed with your policies, but you were a WW2 hero, statesman, and a gentleman with class until the end.
Look forward to it Neil.
Mr Smith's death taught me, once and for all- That Rhodesians do in fact never die.. Ironic, Zimbabwe managed to die before he did!
Best regards
Stevo
Fantastic service.
Rest in peace.
You are welcome to your comments, however you seem to be the one with the racial problem. What are you doing to fix our broken country?
The real question is - And this is one Mr Smith would be asking right now.... How do we move on from this point in time. How do we fix this wonderful country, that has been raped, and broken by a greedy dictator.
rupert81,
I agree with your comments. The SADC and other African leaders are spineless too. On the fantasy note, wouldn't it be nice, if once the 'old man' has been ousted, all the squandered funds and monies could be repatriated. This money would go a long way to helping rebuild God's own country.
Steve Carter dream on buddy Zimbabwe belongs to black people
@@munyagutsa6213 fine, he and i will dream of a better Rhodesia, while you can stick to your bullshit afrocentrist marxist shithole run by Mugabe the Destroyer
QUE DESCANCE EM PAZ
Salute!, Good man who did right.
he was a racist colonizer & terrorist. God doesnt bless men like this!
Glad he gave up power and Rhodesia fell to smithereens
A great man has passed away. Rest in Peace
Rest in peace, Mister Ian Douglas Smith.
A true true hero and gentleman
Rip
Does a barstard make me close to a barista? And we could of had so many coffees together...
was this in Zimbabwe?
Freedom Loving Loyalist , no this was Kings Park, November 2007, a memorial service for Mr Smith. He actually died I think in Cape Town.
An African leader of integrity
he was a racist colonizer & terrorist. God doesnt bless men like this!
Glad he gave up power and Rhodesia fell to smithereens
One thing about Rhodesia, it wasn't a weak country and Ian Smith despite his mistakes was nothing like the self serving psychopathic politicians we all know and have today.
RIP Ian Douglas Smith.
he was a racist colonizer & terrorist. God doesnt bless men like this!
Glad he gave up power and Rhodesia fell to smithereens
Money in business...but what a waste that would be. if i was on the cabinet on any power that could actually help (america) i would be adviceing against it.
THe country was the "Jewel of Africa" the qaulity of the cities with the shopping malls and massive cinemas wasnt comparible with even johannesburg or cape town. The country had everything and everything to be made and was completely destroyed by the currnet regime becuase of there bittered attiude, one which can only be 1000x worse now.
Am surprised that there was such a large turn out for him @ Kings Park. Mind you, if I had've known about it at the time I would've rocked up, regardless of how critical one can be of Smith himself.
Perhaps it's also helpful to wonder what would have happened had white Rhodesians been less racist and more inclusive. For it was the white supremacy sustaining a racially tiered society with whites at the top that fuelled black revolution. The truth is that the ruin of Zimbabwe is as much the result of the incompetence of Zanu-PF which took over the country (rather than black pple as a race) as well as the intransigence of white Rhodesians that made revolution necessary and a Zanu government possible.
Chofamba Sithole , I would never blame the black people for the failure of the country. That would also be racist, and incorrect. I blame the regime who came in like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, and ended up causing more pain and suffering to tho local people, both black and white, but mostly to the same people they promised to free from colonialism. White Rhodesians were less harm to the population than the ZANU PF dictatorship. In time, the racial playing field would or could have been leveled, and once the blacks were more prepared to take control, then as Smith himself said, the correct person for the job, regardless of color could have ruled the country. History has proved that this was a premature move.
Steve Carter as a black Zimbabwean myself I totally agree with you Ian Smith was far much better than these vultures that we have today,
your aware that your rights and job options were restricted black,indian , asian ,colored or white if you wernt educated and didnt own property. hows that racist ?
Criminals. Thieves
As a matter of interest why in Perth and not England? Interesting to note that Rhodesia is still this alive. As a black Zimbabwean I have a silent question. Suppose you were given the opportunity to come back and resuscitate Rhodesia would you pursue the policy of white supremacy, and relegate blacks to second class citizens?
Isaac Thomas No. It makes no sense. You naturally promote education and a free life for all. That way you Can keep the western way of life and culture alive in Africa. Greetings from Denmark
@@JacobafJelling Thanksjacob kanal. Am just an ordinary citizen, why then do you not make arrangements with the Zimbabwe govt to return and build one nation. Let that Rhodesia in Australia, Canada or wherever join with Zimbabwe
Isaac Thomas Because your countrymen dont like White people, mate
@@JacobafJelling Are you aware that just before the coup last year war veterans extended an invitation to external Rhodees to come back to Zimbabwe?
Morgan Simpson Rhodesia wont ever rise again. Too small a population of people that were positive toward the rule of whites.
Colasmichele...ure right ...to hell with This racist Ian Smith.....pamberi neMugabe
Shame
Looks like God was on Mugabe's side. He won.
Mugabe never won, the British government forced Rhodesia’s hand.
Looking at Zimbabwe today, abesloutly no one can deny that Smith was right.
@@stevoutubo you can only oppress people to certain point.
thoughts on Gukurahundi?
Poor old sods. Believed "Good old Smithy" when he boasted " No majority rule for a thousand years".
Said in jest. I am sure Smith was intelligent to know that no one know what lies in the future.
@ian hall
“I have said before, and I repeat, we are prepared to bring black people into our Government to work with us. I think we have got to accept that in the future Rhodesia is a country for black and white, not white as opposed to black and vice versa. I believe this is wrong thinking for Rhodesia. We have got to try to get people to change their line of thinking if they are still thinking like that. This is outdated in Rhodesia today. I don’t believe in majority rule ever in Rhodesia… not in 1,000 years. *I repeat that I believe in blacks and whites working together. If one day it is white and the next day black I believe we would have failed and it will be a disaster for Rhodesia*.” - Ian Douglas Smith
Down with colonists thanks to comrade robert mugabe zimbabwe is free
Hassan Ali , I don't know you, but you're obviously Just trying to incite hate. You no nothing of Zimbabwean history, if you did, you would note that many comments of respect for Ian Smith on this video come from black Zimbabweans. Mugabe is a dictator, and is the cause of much death and suffering in Zimbabwe. So why don't you just crawl back under the rock from whence you came.
Which country do you live in?
Had some juicy pork from a pig on the spit last weekend DELICIOUS!!!
Hassan Ali : free ???? One mans freedom is a joke to another.
Long live the memory of Rhodesia