Thabo Mbeki

None dare challenge me when i say i am an Afrikan.

— Thabo Mbeki

Science is always inquiring.

— Thabo Mbeki

I don't suppose I would describe myself as a showman.

— Thabo Mbeki

We are very keen to see that nobody gets ill-treated or abused.

— Thabo Mbeki

Well, because lots of questions had been raised about the toxicity of the drug, which is very serious.

— Thabo Mbeki

There must be public servants who are working regularly among the people.

— Thabo Mbeki

We have to continue to confront the challenge of corruption within the public service.

— Thabo Mbeki

A global human society, characterised by islands of wealth, surrounded by a sea of poverty, is unsustainable

— Thabo Mbeki

There is a very long list of parties in this year's election, some of the parties I have never heard of.

— Thabo Mbeki

Clearly, we are very, very concerned about the situation, for instance, that has been going on in Gaza.

— Thabo Mbeki

If we only said safe sex, use a condom, we won't stop the spread of AIDS in this country.

— Thabo Mbeki

Those communal areas have got elected municipalities, which have got to do their work as, as fully, democratically elected municipal councils.

— Thabo Mbeki

As I said, the matter of the Pan African Parliament was raised with us by other African countries who said we should…

— Thabo Mbeki

We would take the same position as the majority of the world about this, including this issue where Prime Minister [Ariel] Sharon…

— Thabo Mbeki

I would regret it if I'd failed at school and university, because if I had, I would have lacked the levels of…

— Thabo Mbeki

We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its…

— Thabo Mbeki

The King had been a good friend of the government and the people of South Africa and we all mourn his passing…

— Thabo Mbeki

Haiti was a French colony, but in 1804, the slaves rose up and defeated the French and formed the Republic. For the…

— Thabo Mbeki

I am an African. I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the…

— Thabo Mbeki

As we mourn President Mandela’s passing we must ask ourselves the fundamental question - what shall we do to respond to the…

— Thabo Mbeki

China surely must be interested in a more stable, non-antagonistic relationship with the African continent precisely because of its own needs. And…

— Thabo Mbeki

That it is not enough to catch a criminal and get them convicted and so on, because the victim remains with the…

— Thabo Mbeki

The problem is not unique; the challenge is not unique to South Africa. Other African countries have faced it. But in our…

— Thabo Mbeki

We are in the process of negotiating an agreement with the United States. We will be negotiating agreements with India and China.…

— Thabo Mbeki

I am sure it is in the medical textbooks, there are many things that cause immune deficiency and you will find therefore…

— Thabo Mbeki

Historically during the years of the White minority regimes, the State, the national Government held this land in trust for these communities.…

— Thabo Mbeki

We identified various sectors of the economy, which we said were growth sectors. I have mentioned tourism. We said, for instance, agro-business.…

— Thabo Mbeki

If you look for instance at the automobile industry, part of the reason that you have the expansion of that sector, is…

— Thabo Mbeki

We raised the matter of an agreement that was reached at the Growth and Development Summit, which was that we should access…

— Thabo Mbeki

We are continuously looking at the question of increasing the capacity of Home Affairs and that is why Home Affairs introduced mobile…

— Thabo Mbeki

Clearly, there needs to be an increase in the capacity of the railway system. That's why there are these projections of increasing…

— Thabo Mbeki

I think the critical point, really, is that we need to focus black economic empowerment more on the creation of new wealth…

— Thabo Mbeki

When I was in government, the South African economy was growing at 4.5% - 5%. But then came the global financial crisis…

— Thabo Mbeki

You cannot just depend on the market, because the market will say: China needs oil; China needs coal; China needs whatever, and…

— Thabo Mbeki

There is a section of our population in South Africa that you can't expect to get integrated in the economy of its…

— Thabo Mbeki

If you don't understand history, you will not be able to deal with today's issues.

— Thabo Mbeki

The people of Zimbabwe have a responsibility to ensure that the government that they elected behaves properly.

— Thabo Mbeki

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

— Thabo Mbeki

Those who oppressed us described us as the Dark Continent!

— Thabo Mbeki

Really, a critical matter in the public service is radically to improve the quality of management.

— Thabo Mbeki