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South Africa Quotes by Miriam Makeba
- I look at a stream and I see myself: a native South African, flowing irresistibly over hard obstacles until they become smooth and, one day,…
- In New York I heard A Piece of Ground, written by a white South African, Jeremy Taylor. I modified it a little and sang it…
- Everybody now admits that apartheid was wrong, and all I did was tell the people who wanted to know where I come from how we…
More South Africa Quotes
- On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned. — Christiaan Barnard
- In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face. — Steven Biko
- My thinking was taught to tribes in South Africa like the Zulus and Xhosas. At the time there were about 210 fights… — Edward de Bono
- As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when… — Jackson Browne
- One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi… — Jack Canfield
- Despite my inability to qualify to qualify in South Africa, I did really appreciate the support I got from the IOC particularly… — Benjamin Boukpeti
- Since World War II, Japan has spawned enormous numbers of new religions featuring the supernatural.... In Thailand, diseases are treated with pills… — Carl Sagan
- Four hundred thousand South Africans are dying of AIDS every year. This makes the war on Iraq look like a birthday party. — Unknown Author
- We believe as much in the purity of race as we think they do... We believe also that the white race of… — Mahatma Gandhi
- The nation is sick; trouble is in the land, confusion all around...But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
- South Africa does not have a poverty problem. Poverty is a result of denialism of the way corruption taxes poor people, the… — Mamphela Ramphele
- They can change every name in South Africa, but it won't change the fact that the government has failed to provide services… — Unknown Author