--- title: "17 Should Quotes By Thabo Mbeki" description: "17 Should quotes by Thabo Mbeki. Plus more from Thabo Mbeki and more Should sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/thabo-mbeki-2259_accepting_we-do-not-accept-that-human-society-shou_1177492.png" --- > [We do not accept that human society should be constructed on the basis of a savage principle of the survival of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-do-not-accept-that-human-society-should-be-constructed-on-the/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/thabo-mbeki-2259_accepting_we-do-not-accept-that-human-society-shou_1177492.png) > [The principal investors in the South African economy are South Africans. And this is something, I think, we should really pay attention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/the-principal-investors-in-the-south-african-economy-are-south/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d74/thabo-mbeki-2259_attention_the-principal-investors-in-the-south-afr_303869.png) > [It's very worrying at this time in the world that any point of view should be prohibited, that's banned, there are heretics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/it-s-very-worrying-at-this-time-in-the-world-that-any-point-of-view/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a68/thabo-mbeki-2259_banned_it-s-very-worrying-at-this-time-in-the-w_324145.png) > [While the WTO negotiations will continue, there are other trade negotiations of a bilateral nature, which among other things, should help to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/while-the-wto-negotiations-will-continue-there-are-other-trade/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/thabo-mbeki-2259_helping_while-the-wto-negotiations-will-continue_2092144.png) > [We are a very big mining country and historically have been exporters of raw minerals. There is no particular reason why we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-are-a-very-big-mining-country-and-historically-have-been-exporters/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/thabo-mbeki-2259_bigs_we-are-a-very-big-mining-country-and-his_1033533.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d56/thabo-mbeki-2259_despondent_we-should-never-become-despondent-becaus_10833.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) > [The matters I am talking about regarding the ports. That matter has been discussed with the unions, and agreed, and therefore there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/the-matters-i-am-talking-about-regarding-the-ports-that-matter-has/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bb/thabo-mbeki-2259_engagement_the-matters-i-am-talking-about-regarding_2565922.png) > [For instance with regard to tourism, that we should be able to target people who are interested in investing in the tourism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/for-instance-with-regard-to-tourism-that-we-should-be-able-to-target/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/thabo-mbeki-2259_able_for-instance-with-regard-to-tourism-that_2164431.png) > [If you look at the Company Register, maybe that's what we should say to that business consultant or analyst. If you look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/if-you-look-at-the-company-register-maybe-that-s-what-we-should-say/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/thabo-mbeki-2259_analysts_if-you-look-at-the-company-register-mayb_1777054.png) > [I should also say that apart from the negotiations that are taking place within the WTO, we are ourselves involved in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-should-also-say-that-apart-from-the-negotiations-that-are-taking/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/thabo-mbeki-2259_agreement_i-should-also-say-that-apart-from-the-ne_852311.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) > [It is critically important that Iran should not develop nuclear weapons. And that the necessary interventions need to be made by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/it-is-critically-important-that-iran-should-not-develop-nuclear/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/971/thabo-mbeki-2259_agency_it-is-critically-important-that-iran-sho_553673.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) > [There must be no abuse of people and they did ask that the South Africa Government should give them whatever support they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/there-must-be-no-abuse-of-people-and-they-did-ask-that-the-south/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/573/thabo-mbeki-2259_abuse_there-must-be-no-abuse-of-people-and-the_315866.png) > [I don't know why you should isolate women in this regard. If you have a traditional leader who says 'I am the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/i-don-t-know-why-you-should-isolate-women-in-this-regard-if-you-have/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/thabo-mbeki-2259_areas_i-don-t-know-why-you-should-isolate-wome_2564073.jpg) > [We raised the matter of an agreement that was reached at the Growth and Development Summit, which was that we should access…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-raised-the-matter-of-an-agreement-that-was-reached-at-the-growth/) [Thabo Mbeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thabo-mbeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f46/thabo-mbeki-2259_access_we-raised-the-matter-of-an-agreement-tha_728390.png) ## Other authors on Should ## 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/should/thabo-mbeki/#itemlist", "name": "17 Should Quotes By Thabo Mbeki", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We do not accept that human society should be constructed on the basis of a savage principle of the survival of the fittest", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thabo Mbeki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thabo-mbeki/we-do-not-accept-that-human-society-should-be-constructed-on-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/thabo-mbeki-2259_accepting_we-do-not-accept-that-human-society-shou_1177492.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/thabo-mbeki-2259_accepting_we-do-not-accept-that-human-society-shou_1177492.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/thabo-mbeki-2259_accepting_we-do-not-accept-that-human-society-shou_1177492.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We do not accept that human society should be constructed on the basis of a savage principle of the survival…” — Thabo Mbeki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The principal investors in the South African economy are South Africans. 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