"A global human society, characterised by islands of……" — Thabo Mbeki
"A global human society, characterised by islands of wealth, surrounded by a sea of poverty, is unsustainable"
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41 Quotes by Thabo Mbeki
Thabo Mbeki has 41 quotes on this site.
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How many murders are committed in Gauteng, or in the Western Cape, in a month? A week? A day? An…
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There is a very long list of parties in this year's election, some of the parties I have never heard…
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We do not accept that human society should be constructed on the basis of a savage principle of the survival…
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For the first time in human history, society has the capacity, the knowledge and the resources to eradicate poverty
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Does HIV cause AIDS? Can a virus cause a syndrome? How? It can't, because a syndrome is a group of…
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We should never become despondent because the weather is bad, nor should we turn triumphalist because the sun shines.
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Gloom and despondency have never defeated adversity. Trying times need courage and resilience. Our strength as a people is not…
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South Africa was to evolve into the most pernicious example of the criminal practise of colonial and white minority domination.
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The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human…
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One of the things that became clear, and which was actually rather disturbing, was the fact that there was a…
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In Africa you have space...there a profound sense of space here, space and sky
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As Africans, we need to share common recognition that all of us stand to lose if we fail to transform…
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More Characterised Quotes
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The intellect of most persons is harnessed by innumerable wants. Such a life is, from the spiritual point of view…
— Meher Baba
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Although cyber attacks have caused billions of dollars in damage and affected the lives of millions, few if any can…
— Dorothy E. Denning
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Contemporary industrial society is now characterised more than ever by the need for stupefying work where it is no longer…
— Herbert Marcuse
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All action of Sattva, a modification of Prakriti characterised by light and happiness, is for the soul. When Sattva is…
— Swami Vivekananda
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It is not too fantastic to say that he desired them with some of the absolute passion that characterised the…
— Thomas Keneally
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High-consequence risks form one particular segment of the generalised 'climate of risk' characteristic of late modernity - one characterised by…
— Anthony Giddens
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The Luxembourg financial centre is based on several pillars, we are characterised by the breadth of our product range, we…
— Jean-Claude Juncker
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Philosophy is tested and characterised by the way in which it appropriates its history.
— Karl Jaspers
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The last stage but one of every civilisation, is characterised by the forced political unification of its constituent parts, into…
— Arnold J. Toynbee
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The highest reach of science is, one may say, an inventive power, a faculty of divination, akin to the highest…
— Matthew Arnold
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I am very impressed by The Carrivick Sisters, one of the best young duos I’ve heard. The girls sing and…
— Ralph McTell
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When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised by some form of humour.
— Lars von Trier
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