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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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"As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others."

"Leadership is a mindset in which one is unapologetically driven towards their goals and in behaving accordingly, inspires those around them to join in."

"Leaders reject free opportunities they don't need, so that they can have time to create the expensive opportunities they need."

"Whatever dream God gave to you is for the comfort of those God keeps around you!"

"Be the chief but never the lord."

"When you are a person people can trust, they will call on upon you, love to be around you and work with you."

"If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind."

"For those of us who have lived abroad and seen our nation in a highly competitive 21st century, and kind of see where this world is going - unless we are able to strengthen our core, we're going to see the end of the American century. And that is totally unacceptable."

"If I am to choose between "sleeping" and "being part of a leadership that pursues irrelevant agenda", I will choose "sleeping". Chasing of irrelevant agenda by a leadership sect is what made Nelson Mandela to call it "Long Walk to Freedom!"
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"We are here because we are determined to offer the people of the Western Cape choices which are long overdue."

"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."

"The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong!"

"AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something more specific and far-reaching."

"Clearly you need a new team to go out to bat on your behalf; to fight for your rights and to report back to you personally and to the leadership of the IFP."

"I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone."

"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."

"Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this."

"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."
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