--- title: "14 Said Quotes By Thabo Mbeki" description: "14 Said quotes by Thabo Mbeki. Plus more from Thabo Mbeki and more Said sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1c/thabo-mbeki-2259_ahead_it-wouldn-t-sit-easily-on-one-s-conscien_1427675.png" --- > [It wouldn't sit easily on one's conscience that you had been warned and there could be danger, but nevertheless you went ahead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/it-wouldn-t-sit-easily-on-one-s-conscience-that-you-had-been-warned/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1c/thabo-mbeki-2259_ahead_it-wouldn-t-sit-easily-on-one-s-conscien_1427675.png) > [If we only said safe sex, use a condom, we won't stop the spread of AIDS in this country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/if-we-only-said-safe-sex-use-a-condom-we-won-t-stop-the-spread-of/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec3/thabo-mbeki-2259_aids_if-we-only-said-safe-sex-use-a-condom-we_1994455.png) > [As I said, the matter of the Pan African Parliament was raised with us by other African countries who said we should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/as-i-said-the-matter-of-the-pan-african-parliament-was-raised-with-us/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/307/thabo-mbeki-2259_country_as-i-said-the-matter-of-the-pan-african_441876.png) > [What moved us was not so much what would it do for South Africa, but there has been a great keenness on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/what-moved-us-was-not-so-much-what-would-it-do-for-south-africa-but/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/thabo-mbeki-2259_add_what-moved-us-was-not-so-much-what-would_1076668.jpg) > [Our troops are in Burundi. We were requested by African countries who said, look, the United Nations is not moving on this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/our-troops-are-in-burundi-we-were-requested-by-african-countries-who/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/thabo-mbeki-2259_burundi_our-troops-are-in-burundi-we-were-reques_2486408.jpg) > [I come back to what I had said earlier: the policies might be there but are people benefiting from the policies? You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-come-back-to-what-i-had-said-earlier-the-policies-might-be-there/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/thabo-mbeki-2259_challenges_i-come-back-to-what-i-had-said-earlier-t_2805321.png) > [The Communal Land Rights Bill then said, since there would be those collectives set up in terms of the other legislation, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/the-communal-land-rights-bill-then-said-since-there-would-be-those/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/134/thabo-mbeki-2259_bills_the-communal-land-rights-bill-then-said_1711990.png) > [We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-are-not-being-arrogant-or-complacent-when-we-are-said-that-our/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/714/thabo-mbeki-2259_arrogant_we-are-not-being-arrogant-or-complacent_23253.png) > [We identified various sectors of the economy, which we said were growth sectors. I have mentioned tourism. We said, for instance, agro-business.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-identified-various-sectors-of-the-economy-which-we-said-were/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/thabo-mbeki-2259_business_we-identified-various-sectors-of-the-eco_323667.jpg) > [Historically during the years of the White minority regimes, the State, the national Government held this land in trust for these communities.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/historically-during-the-years-of-the-white-minority-regimes-the-state/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53f/thabo-mbeki-2259_community_historically-during-the-years-of-the-whi_180781.jpg) > [One of the issues that I have raised in that context is our transport system, road, rail and ports. We have raised…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/one-of-the-issues-that-i-have-raised-in-that-context-is-our-transport/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/thabo-mbeki-2259_capacity_one-of-the-issues-that-i-have-raised-in_2088995.png) > [A number of African countries came to us and said, we request that South Africa should not field a candidate, because so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/a-number-of-african-countries-came-to-us-and-said-we-request-that/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/thabo-mbeki-2259_african-union_a-number-of-african-countries-came-to-us_1026013.jpg) > [I must say that, in the first instance, we got the request from many African countries who said, look, you people had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-must-say-that-in-the-first-instance-we-got-the-request-from-many/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/thabo-mbeki-2259_continents_i-must-say-that-in-the-first-instance-we_3101743.jpg) > [You can say to this unemployed family, people are indigent, that they must pay for water and this and that and refuse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/you-can-say-to-this-unemployed-family-people-are-indigent-that-they/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0f/thabo-mbeki-2259_access_you-can-say-to-this-unemployed-family-pe_741339.png) ## Other authors on Said ## More by Thabo Mbeki > [We should never become despondent because the weather is bad, nor should we turn triumphalist because the sun shines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-should-never-become-despondent-because-the-weather-is-bad-nor/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) > [That surely must be a concern to anyone who decides this drug must be given to stop transmissions, again from mother to child, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/that-surely-must-be-a-concern-to-anyone-who-decides-this-drug-must-be/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) > [We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-are-not-being-arrogant-or-complacent-when-we-are-said-that-our/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) > [I think that probably the most important thing about our education was that it taught us to question even those things we thought we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-think-that-probably-the-most-important-thing-about-our-education/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) > [What we are saying is that we need to consolidate the capacity to lend support. Because, one of the problems that's mentioned with regard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/what-we-are-saying-is-that-we-need-to-consolidate-the-capacity-to/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) > [I say that why don't we bring all points of view. Sit around a table and discuss this evidence, and produce evidence as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-say-that-why-don-t-we-bring-all-points-of-view-sit-around-a-table/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) > [As Africans, we need to share common recognition that all of us stand to lose if we fail to transform our continent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/as-africans-we-need-to-share-common-recognition-that-all-of-us-stand/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) > [I think you're a much happier person if you say 'Even if I get involved in politics, I'm only doing so in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-think-you-re-a-much-happier-person-if-you-say-even-if-i-get/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) > [I must say, with regard to Equatorial Guinea, the Government of Equatorial Guinea, as soon as they had arrested these people, sent a delegation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-must-say-with-regard-to-equatorial-guinea-the-government-of/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) > [We are in the process of negotiating an agreement with the United States. We will be negotiating agreements with India and China. We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-are-in-the-process-of-negotiating-an-agreement-with-the-united/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) > [“Her work sought to challenge all of us critically to reflect on the things we find comfort in believing without question.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/her-work-sought-to-challenge-all-of-us-critically-to-reflect-on-the/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) > [Of course we run a very open economy, and therefore what happens in the rest of the world, in economic terms, obviously has an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/of-course-we-run-a-very-open-economy-and-therefore-what-happens-in/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) > [Part of the issue around communal land, which became a matter of controversy, is that we are saying that this land must go back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/part-of-the-issue-around-communal-land-which-became-a-matter-of/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) > [Historically during the years of the White minority regimes, the State, the national Government held this land in trust for these communities. We said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/historically-during-the-years-of-the-white-minority-regimes-the-state/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) > [We want the National Intelligence, we want the Police, we want the Scorpions, any other institutions, the tax people, and so on, the totality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-want-the-national-intelligence-we-want-the-police-we-want-the/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said/thabo-mbeki/#itemlist", "name": "14 Said Quotes By Thabo Mbeki", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It wouldn't sit easily on one's conscience that you had been warned and there could be danger, but nevertheless you went ahead and said let's dispense these drugs.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thabo Mbeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/it-wouldn-t-sit-easily-on-one-s-conscience-that-you-had-been-warned/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1c/thabo-mbeki-2259_ahead_it-wouldn-t-sit-easily-on-one-s-conscien_1427675.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1c/thabo-mbeki-2259_ahead_it-wouldn-t-sit-easily-on-one-s-conscien_1427675.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1c/thabo-mbeki-2259_ahead_it-wouldn-t-sit-easily-on-one-s-conscien_1427675.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It wouldn't sit easily on one's conscience that you had been warned and there could be danger, but…” — Thabo Mbeki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If we only said safe sex, use a condom, we won't stop the spread of AIDS in this country.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thabo Mbeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/if-we-only-said-safe-sex-use-a-condom-we-won-t-stop-the-spread-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec3/thabo-mbeki-2259_aids_if-we-only-said-safe-sex-use-a-condom-we_1994455.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec3/thabo-mbeki-2259_aids_if-we-only-said-safe-sex-use-a-condom-we_1994455.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec3/thabo-mbeki-2259_aids_if-we-only-said-safe-sex-use-a-condom-we_1994455.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If we only said safe sex, use a condom, we won't stop the spread of AIDS in this country.” — Thabo Mbeki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As I said, the matter of the Pan African Parliament was raised with us by other African countries who said we should host.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thabo Mbeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/as-i-said-the-matter-of-the-pan-african-parliament-was-raised-with-us/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/307/thabo-mbeki-2259_country_as-i-said-the-matter-of-the-pan-african_441876.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/307/thabo-mbeki-2259_country_as-i-said-the-matter-of-the-pan-african_441876.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/307/thabo-mbeki-2259_country_as-i-said-the-matter-of-the-pan-african_441876.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As I said, the matter of the Pan African Parliament was raised with us by other African countries who said…” — Thabo Mbeki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What moved us was not so much what would it do for South Africa, but there has been a great keenness on the Continent that the location of the Pan African Parliament must add to its credibility. 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That is a particular challenge in local government, because that is where all the services get delivered.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thabo Mbeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-come-back-to-what-i-had-said-earlier-the-policies-might-be-there/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/thabo-mbeki-2259_challenges_i-come-back-to-what-i-had-said-earlier-t_2805321.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/thabo-mbeki-2259_challenges_i-come-back-to-what-i-had-said-earlier-t_2805321.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/thabo-mbeki-2259_challenges_i-come-back-to-what-i-had-said-earlier-t_2805321.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I come back to what I had said earlier: the policies might be there but are people benefiting from the…” — Thabo Mbeki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Communal Land Rights Bill then said, since there would be those collectives set up in terms of the other legislation, there was no need for them to set up other structures to deal with the land issues.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thabo Mbeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/the-communal-land-rights-bill-then-said-since-there-would-be-those/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/134/thabo-mbeki-2259_bills_the-communal-land-rights-bill-then-said_1711990.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/134/thabo-mbeki-2259_bills_the-communal-land-rights-bill-then-said_1711990.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/134/thabo-mbeki-2259_bills_the-communal-land-rights-bill-then-said_1711990.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Communal Land Rights Bill then said, since there would be those collectives set up in terms of the other…” — Thabo Mbeki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history, enjoyed such a confluence of encouraging possibilities.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thabo Mbeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-are-not-being-arrogant-or-complacent-when-we-are-said-that-our/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/714/thabo-mbeki-2259_arrogant_we-are-not-being-arrogant-or-complacent_23253.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/714/thabo-mbeki-2259_arrogant_we-are-not-being-arrogant-or-complacent_23253.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/714/thabo-mbeki-2259_arrogant_we-are-not-being-arrogant-or-complacent_23253.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in…” — Thabo Mbeki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We identified various sectors of the economy, which we said were growth sectors. I have mentioned tourism. We said, for instance, agro-business. We grow a lot of food and fruit and things like that. It must be possible to process those.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thabo Mbeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-identified-various-sectors-of-the-economy-which-we-said-were/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/thabo-mbeki-2259_business_we-identified-various-sectors-of-the-eco_323667.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/thabo-mbeki-2259_business_we-identified-various-sectors-of-the-eco_323667.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/thabo-mbeki-2259_business_we-identified-various-sectors-of-the-eco_323667.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We identified various sectors of the economy, which we said were growth sectors. 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