South Africa Quotes
250 South Africa quotes by 154 unique authors
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On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned.
— Christiaan Barnard
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In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face.
— Steven Biko
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My thinking was taught to tribes in South Africa like the Zulus and Xhosas. At the time there were about 210 fights breaking out among…
— Edward de Bono
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As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a…
— Jackson Browne
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One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson…
— Jack Canfield
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Despite my inability to qualify to qualify in South Africa, I did really appreciate the support I got from the IOC particularly the Olympic Solidarity,…
— Benjamin Boukpeti
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Since World War II, Japan has spawned enormous numbers of new religions featuring the supernatural.... In Thailand, diseases are treated with pills manufactured from pulverized…
— Carl Sagan
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Four hundred thousand South Africans are dying of AIDS every year. This makes the war on Iraq look like a birthday party.
— Unknown Author
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We believe as much in the purity of race as we think they do... We believe also that the white race of South Africa should…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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The nation is sick; trouble is in the land, confusion all around...But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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South Africa does not have a poverty problem. Poverty is a result of denialism of the way corruption taxes poor people, the inefficiencies that undermine…
— Mamphela Ramphele
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They can change every name in South Africa, but it won't change the fact that the government has failed to provide services or curb crime
— Unknown Author
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Crime is fast destroying the moral fabric of South African cities, and is becoming a major threat to South African democracy as well as the…
— Achille Mbembe
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Friends, Comrades and fellow South Africans. I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all. I stand here before you…
— Nelson Mandela
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A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he…
— A. Whitney Brown
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We hope for the best, if elections are conducted like this all over South Africa we can indeed say we welcome any results and accept…
— Julius Malema
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The Boer War occurred 37 years ago. Boer means farmer. Many criticized a great power like Britain for trying to wipe out the Boers. Upon…
— Henry Hamilton Beamish
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I've been lucky to travel through quite a bit of Europe and Australia, but I would love to do Asia and South America and South…
— Dianna Agron
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It does look like it's almost like South Africa to this extent: You have a white - what's the word - feeble minority. It's losing…
— Chris Matthews
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I went to do my first big movie when I was 17. I was in South Africa for three and half months, and I was…
— Robert Pattinson
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I can’t on my own change the regime in South Africa or teach the Palestinians to learn to live with the Israelies, but I can…
— River Phoenix
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I skated in ice shows all over Europe and South Africa for 20 years. I love to ice skate.
— Kenny Baker
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My dream is that all South Africans from all walks of life will have the opportunity to read my books and use the information therein…
— Jason Lee
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When I lived in South Africa, someone told me what the longest road in Africa is. It's not the road from Cairo to Capetown, it's…
— Bert Hellinger
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I'm addicted to Jack's Wife Freda, a South African - Jewish-inspired restaurant founded by my brother Dean and his amazing wife, Maya. The vibe is…
— Unknown Author
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