All Thabo Mbeki Quotes
- How many murders are committed in Gauteng, or in the Western Cape, in a month? A week? A day? An hour? But of course we… Allowed
- There is a very long list of parties in this year's election, some of the parties I have never heard of. Election
- We do not accept that human society should be constructed on the basis of a savage principle of the survival of the fittest Accept
- A global human society, characterised by islands of wealth, surrounded by a sea of poverty, is unsustainable Characterised
- For the first time in human history, society has the capacity, the knowledge and the resources to eradicate poverty Capacity
- Does HIV cause AIDS? Can a virus cause a syndrome? How? It can't, because a syndrome is a group of diseases resulting from acquired immune… Acquired
- We should never become despondent because the weather is bad, nor should we turn triumphalist because the sun shines. Bad
- Gloom and despondency have never defeated adversity. Trying times need courage and resilience. Our strength as a people is not tested during the best of… Adversity
- South Africa was to evolve into the most pernicious example of the criminal practise of colonial and white minority domination. Africa
- The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human beings that they have no… Attain
- One of the things that became clear, and which was actually rather disturbing, was the fact that there was a view which was being expressed… Actually Rather
- In Africa you have space...there a profound sense of space here, space and sky Africa
- As Africans, we need to share common recognition that all of us stand to lose if we fail to transform our continent. Africans
- Our experience over the last 20 years has shown that indeed people must themselves become their own liberators. You cannot wait for somebody else to… Cannot Wait
- If we only said safe sex, use a condom, we won't stop the spread of AIDS in this country. Aids
- I am an African. I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees,… African
- As we mourn President Mandela’s passing we must ask ourselves the fundamental question - what shall we do to respond to the tasks of building… Africa
- None dare challenge me when i say i am an Afrikan. Afrikan
- Science is always inquiring. Funny
- If you sit in a position where decisions that you take would have a serious effect on people, you can't ignore a lot of experience… Decision
- 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… Arrogant
- I think the Internet is absolutely extraordinary. It's very, very useful and I think one of the things we've got to do is make sure… Absolutely
- The people of Zimbabwe have a responsibility to ensure that the government that they elected behaves properly. Behave
- A matter that seems to be very clear in terms of the alternative view, is what do you expect to happen in Africa with regard… Africa
- That surely must be a concern to anyone who decides this drug must be given to stop transmissions, again from mother to child, which is… Account