The best Quotes by Thabo Mbeki

The best Quotes by Thabo Mbeki

Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (born 18 June 1942) is a South African politician who served as the second president of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008, when he resigned at the request of his party, the African National Congress (ANC). Before that, he was deputy president under Nelson Mandela from 1994 to 1999.

Many of our own people here in this country do not ask about computers, telephones and television sets. They ask - when will we get a road to our village.

South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white.

We will continue to count on your unwavering support and commitment to working with leaders of our continent in bringing about the desired renaissance of Africa.

I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an economist therefore I can't take decisions on matters of the economy; I'm not a soldier I can't take decisions on matters of defence; I'm not an educationist so I can't take decisions about education.

When will the day come that our dignity will be fully restored, when the purpose of our lives will no longer be merely to survive until the sun rises tomorrow!

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If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don’t care for human beings.

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To overthrow oppression has been sanctioned by humanity and is the highest aspiration of every free man.

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Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front.

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Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

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Forgiveness & Mercy

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A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

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Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

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Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

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It always seems impossible until it's done.

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Progress Motivation

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

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No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.

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I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.

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Let freedom reign. The sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement.

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To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.

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Apartheid is the rule of the gun and the hangman.

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Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

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But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

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There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

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