Cyril Ramaphosa

South Africa must come first in everything we do.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

What we want is for our young people to be skilled.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

Things such as corruption is a big thing in the ANC.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

As members of the executive, we are accountable to Parliament.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

We can make this country the garden of Eden.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

People must respect our movement.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

You can never have unity if you want things to go your way.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

South Africa has not turned its back on human rights at all.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

We need to mobilise our structures and our supporters to oppose state capture and corruption in whatever form it takes.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

We need to transform our rural areas, restore the land to its rightful owners, and significantly grow our agricultural output.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

I have not committed any crimes. I have not stolen any money. I have not looted state resources.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

We have brave hearts and won't retreat. We are not going back; we are going forward.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

Somewhere in the depths of my soul is the connection my father had with his cattle, the hills of Khalavha, and his…

— Cyril Ramaphosa

Apartheid was baked hard in the mining industry because that's where it originated.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

We will wash and clean the ANC, and it will be the ANC you know. The ANC that will work for the…

— Cyril Ramaphosa

To get education to sink deep into the minds of a nation takes a generation and more.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

If you read the Freedom Charter carefully, you will find that - the clause that refers to education, and it says education…

— Cyril Ramaphosa

Issues to do with corruption, issues of how we can straighten out our state-owned enterprises, and how we deal with 'state capture'…

— Cyril Ramaphosa

We must stop the division among us. We must stop factionalism. We must embrace unity; we must embrace working together, because if…

— Cyril Ramaphosa

Money has come to play a very bad role in the ANC; people's votes are bought, and patronage has become the order…

— Cyril Ramaphosa

We should draw deep into Madiba's wisdom. We should draw deep into Madiba's style of doing things in an orderly manner, in…

— Cyril Ramaphosa

All our policies must be measured by the extent to which they contribute to job creation. Policies that do not create jobs…

— Cyril Ramaphosa

We will accelerate our land redistribution program not only to redress a grave historical injustice but also to bring more producers into…

— Cyril Ramaphosa

We've got to be moving together, working together, leading the country together, and ensuring that we achieve the objectives that our alliance…

— Cyril Ramaphosa

We must listen to the concerns of our people without dismissing them. When people see something wrong, there is something wrong. When…

— Cyril Ramaphosa

There are times when leadership needs to take a bold move forward. And there are times when the leadership needs to act…

— Cyril Ramaphosa

The ANC will never die; it will live.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

Marikana is a huge wake-up call.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

Land has been an issue of great concern to our people.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

Nobody, no family, is above the law.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

Because of their marginalised position in the economy, the mass of the workers carry the burdens of society.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

We want young people to come forward with bright ideas; we want the women and men in our country to have jobs.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

We must again carry the burden of our people and shoulder our commitment to leading them to the promised land.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

We remain a highly unequal society in which poverty and prosperity are still defined by race as well as gender.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

Tough decisions have to be made to close our fiscal gap, stabilise our debt, and restore our state-owned enterprises to health.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

If we are to put a stop to corruption and state capture, those responsible must be brought to book.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

If we are not honest, we are not going to be able to forge unity.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

We cannot effect meaningful change if we become complacent, if we become comfortable with our own positions in the status quo.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

We are going to seek to improve the lives of our people on an ongoing basis, and since 1994, we have done…

— Cyril Ramaphosa

I will try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of South Africa.

— Cyril Ramaphosa