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"I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet."
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"A servant leader can always come down to the level of the one he is serving."
"I often ask myself, 'Who would Jesus vote for?' Then I start to think that he wouldn't vote at all; however, it would not be out of apathy or disinterest, but out of perfection and light. As a miracle worker, I think he would, by the power of God's teachings, the perseverance and the truth, influence in a modern sense whoever is put into office how to best serve his fellow men. One, like his skeptics, may find that impractical. But there is a message in that no man in power can slow the momentum of the will of God, and the miracles of his teachings will be forever victorious."
"If you see your country going through economic problems, the best thing to do is to come up with a strategy, plan and vision of how to affect the economy of the nation, rather than simply fixing your own individual economic problem."
"Thousands of pastors, Sunday school teachers, and Christian workers are powerless because they do not make the Word the source of their preaching or teaching."
"Bridges take people across rivers. Leaders take people across ignorance. With a leader, the destination of a journey is sure."
"I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together."
"The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully."
"Leaders say "no" to corruption. Anyone playing a role in governance, and is not ready to do this is not a leader."
"Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership."
"A majority is always better than the best repartee."
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"We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans."
"And the basis on which we agreed to operate with them involved a manifesto, where it states that we proceed from different ideologies and policies. One thing that we insisted on was that they should take an oath to reject racism and discrimination."
"AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something more specific and far-reaching."
"Personally, I believe in self-determination, but in the context of one South Africa - so that my self-determination is based in this region, and with my people."
"The candidates before you know that the IFP has set up a system of deployed IFP national and provincial leaders who are not only monitoring the performance of candidates during these elections but will also do so after these elections."
"For our white members, voting is something they have done for hundreds of years. But for us, it is not such a traumatic thing, because we have never participated in an election."
"South Africa is blessed to have women and men like yourselves who have little to give but give what you have with open hands and open hearts."
"I was proud to call Dr Rupert a friend. He was always a wonderful source of support and kindness."
"In Hanover Park they highlighted the terrible plight of backyard dwellers and the fact that year after year nothing has been done to help you: the hope and despair you all live with every day."
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