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“Few things make the life of a parent more rewarding and sweet as successful children.”
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“Our children are our greatest treasure. They are our future. Those who abuse them tear at the fabric of our society and weaken our nation.”
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“It always gives me great pleasure to be surrounded by the beautiful children of our land. Whenever I am with the energetic young people ... I feel like a recharged battery, confident that our country can look forward to great things.”
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“Together as a nation, we have the obligation to put sunshine into the hearts of our little ones. They are our precious possessions. They deserve what happiness life can offer.”
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“We understand and promote the notion that while children need to be guided they also have an entrenched right to be whatever they want to be and that they can achieve this only if they are given the space to dream and live out their dreams.”
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“I came to accept that I have no right whatsoever to judge others in terms of my own customs, however much I may be proud of such customs.”
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“The calm and tolerant atmosphere that prevailed during the elections depicts the type of South Africa we can build. It set the tone for the future. We might have our differences, but we are one people with a common destiny in our rich variety of culture, race and tradition.”
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“Blaming things on the past does not make them better.”
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“During the years I lived here, the people of Alexandra ignored tribal and ethnic distinctions. Instead of being Xhosas, or Sothos, or Zulus, or Shangaans, we were Alexandrans. We were one people, and we undermined the distinctions that the apartheid government tried so hard to impose. It saddens and angers me to see the rising hatred of foreigners.”
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“No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.”
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“Racism is a blight on the human conscience”
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“In human affairs, no single person, organisation or social formation ever has a final or an absolutely correct position. It is through conversation, debate and critical discussion that we approach positions that may provide workable solutions.”
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“My respect for human beings is based not on the colour of a man’s skin nor authority he may wield, but purely on merit.”
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“I cannot overemphasise the value we place on a free, independent and outspoken press”
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“Sports have the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sports can create hope, where there was once only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers. It laughs in the face of all types of discrimination. Sports is the game of lovers.”
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“Educating all of our children must be one of our most urgent priorities. We all know that education, more than anything else, improves our chances of
building better lives.”
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“Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair”
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“Our experience has taught us that with goodwill a negotiated solution can be found for even the most profound problems.”
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“Negotiation and discussion are the greatest weapons we have for promoting peace and development.”
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“The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does not dictate our choices. We should look back at the past and select what is good, and leave behind what is bad.”
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“Whether you change the linen or stitch up wounds, cook the food or dispense the medicines, it is in your hands to help build a public service worthy of all those who gave their lives for the dream of democracy”
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“It is the dictate of history to bring to the fore the kind of leaders who seize the moment, who cohere the wishes and aspirations of the oppressed. Such was Steve Biko, a fitting product of his time; a proud representative of the re-awakening of a people.”
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“I approach every problem with optimism.”
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“The history of struggle is rich with stories of heroes and heroines - some of them leaders, some of them followers, all of them deserve to be remembered.”
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“A bright future beckons. The onus is on us, through hard work, honesty and integrity, to reach for the stars.”
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“We tried in our simple way to lead our life in a manner that may make a difference to those of others.”
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“It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education.”
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“Freedom can never be taken for granted. Each generation must safeguard it and extend it. Your parents and elders sacrificed much so that you should have freedom without suffering what they did. Use this precious right to ensure that the darkness of the past never returns.”
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“We should never forget those on whose shoulders we stand and those who paid the supreme price for freedom.”
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“Exercise is the key not only to physical health but to peace of mind.”
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“One of the sad realities today is that very few people, especially young people, read books. Unless we can find imaginative ways of addressing this reality, future generations are in danger of losing their history.”
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“Leaders will have to give clear and decisive leadership towards a world of tolerance and respect for difference, and an uncompromising commitment to peaceful solutions of conflicts and disputes.”
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“To the youth of today, I also have a wish to make: be the scriptwriters of your destiny and feature yourselves as stars that showed the way towards a brighter future.”
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“I have always endeavoured to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion.”
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“Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.”
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“I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.”
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“I was not born with a hunger to be free, I was born free.”
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“The freedom we enjoy is a richly textured gift handcrafted by ordinary folk”
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“We need a fundamental change of mindset with regards to the way we speak and behave about sex and sexuality. Boys and men have a particularly critical role in this regard, changing the chauvinist and demeaning ways sexuality and women were traditionally dealt with in both our actions and speaking.”
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“Freedom is meaningless if people cannot put food in their stomachs, if they can have no shelter, if illiteracy and disease continue to dog them.”
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“A society that does not value its older people denies its roots and endangers its future. Let us strive to enhance their capacity to support themselves for as long as possible and, when they cannot do so anymore, to care for them.”
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“Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers.”
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“The challenge for each one of you is to take up these ideals of tolerance and respect for others and put them to practical use in your schools, your communities and throughout your lives.”
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“We can't fight AIDS unless we do much more to fight TB as well.”
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“Racism is a blight on the human conscience. The idea that any people can be inferior to another, to the point where those who consider themselves superior define and treat the rest as subhuman, denies the humanity even of those who elevate themselves to the status of gods.”
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“AIDS is no longer just a disease, it is a human rights issue.”
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“When we read we are able to travel to many places, meet many people and understand the world.”
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“I am fundamentally an optimist.”
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“We must look within ourselves, become responsible and provide fresh solutions if we ever want to do more than complain,or make excuses.”
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“No child in Africa, and in fact anywhere in the world, should be denied education.”
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