South Africa Quotes - Page 13

• The ANC will rule South Africa until Jesus comes back.

  Jacob Zuma

  Jesus, Ridiculous, South

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• At the time of his death, Biko had a wife and three children for which he left a letter that stated in one part: “I've devoted my life to see equality for blacks, and at the same time, I've denied the needs of my family. Please understand that I take these actions, not out of selfishness or arrogance, but to preserve a South Africa worth living in for blacks and whites.

  Steven Biko

  Children, Wife, Arrogance

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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 poor people's opportunities and our refusal to admit that we are part of the problem.

  Mamphela Ramphele

  Opportunity, People, Way

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• The South Africans decided that they would like to prove to the world they did not have any nuclear weapons and their decision was not doubted because it was the end of the Cold War, it was also the end of apartheid.

  Hans Blix

  War, Decision, Nuclear

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• The Jews took Israel from the Arabs after the Arabs had lived there for a thousand years. Israel, like South Africa, is an apartheid state.

  Hendrik Verwoerd

  Israel, Years, States

  "Worlds apart" by Chris McGreal, www.theguardian.com. February 6, 2006.

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• When I was 10 I went to the Drakensberg Boys Choir School, which is this idyllic Harry Potter-esque music boarding school in the mountains in South Africa, and that's when everything started to change for me and I realised that music is my thing.

  St. Lucia

  School, Boys, Mountain

  Source: www.planetnotion.com

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• No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism.

  Joe Slovo

  Racism, Vision, Racist

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• South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation.

  Tariq Ramadan

  White, Rainbow, Black

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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 Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage and non-violence to bring about needed changes.

  Jack Canfield

  Inspirational, Kings, Rights

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• I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.

  Brian Eno

  Country, Czech Republic, People

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• I LOVE Africa in general, South Africa and West Africa. They are both great countries.

  Paris Hilton

  Country, West, South

  "Paris Hilton: West Africa Is a 'Great Country'". www.foxnews.com. March 25, 2008.

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• I tell you, Bono may have a point. South Africa needs a Walmart.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Walmart, Needs, May

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• 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 lived in South Africa. I just told the world the truth. And if my truth then becomes political, I can't do anything about that.

  Miriam Makeba

  People, Political, World

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• The titanic effort that has brought liberation to South Africa, and ensured the total liberation of Africa, constitutes an act of redemption for the black people of the world.

  Nelson Mandela

  People, Effort, Black

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.21, Pan Macmillan

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• Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think.

  Nelson Mandela

  Thinking, Organization, Jail

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. April 2001.

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• I found there's a fairly blatant racism in America that's already there, and I don't think I noticed it when I lived here as a kid. But when I went back to South Africa, and then it's sort of thrust in your face, and then came back here - I just see it everywhere.

  Dave Matthews

  Kids, Thinking, America

  "U.S. racism 'everywhere,' says Dave Matthews". Interview with Denise Quan, www.cnn.com. September 21, 2009.

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• South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white.

  Thabo Mbeki

  Black And White, Apartheid, South

  Thabo Mbeki, Cyril Ramaphosa (1995). “Speech of Deputy President, Thabo Mbeki, at the ANC National Constitutional Conference, March 31 to April 2, 1995, World Trade Centre”

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• If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it wouldn't be worth publishing.

  Alan Paton

  Issues, Novel, Concern

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• South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.

  Tom Peters

  Competition, Challenges, Tools

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• I never think of playing for South Africa. It's the furthest thing from my mind.

  Kevin Pietersen

  Thinking, Mind, South

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We have set out on a quest for true humanity, and somewhere on the distant horizon we can see the glittering prize. Let us march forth with courage and determination, drawing strength from our common plight and our brotherhood [and sisterhood]. In time we shall be in a position to bestow upon South Africa the greatest gift possible--a more human face

  Steven Biko

  Determination, Sisterhood, Drawing

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• Unlike South Africa, which decided on its own to eliminate its nuclear weapons and welcomed inspection as a means of creating confidence in its disarmament, Iraq appears not to have come to a genuine acceptance - not even today - of the disarmament, which was demanded of it and which it needs to carry out to win the confidence of the world and to live in peace.

  Hans Blix

  Mean, Acceptance, Winning

  UNMOVIC Executive Chairman Hans Blix's report to the United Nations, www.foxnews.com. January 27, 2003.

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• The South African native is probably the one impossible person to train in the entire world; he is probably impossible by any human standard.

  L. Ron Hubbard

  World, Impossible, Standards

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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 Africa.

  Dianna Agron

  Europe, America, Australia

  "Exclusive with Alex Pettyfer & Dianna Agron". Interview, www.seventeen.com. February 15, 2011.

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• I remember my emotions the day we watched Nelson Mandela walk out of prison Writing & literature in South Africa during the anti-apartheid years, became a 'cultural weapon.' You had to use it to fight apartheid & some of us resisted that in the end, you recognize that you are facing a government that has no scruples about using culture & art to oppress you.

  Achmat Dangor

  Art, Writing, Fighting

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