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"When will the day come that our dignity will be fully restored, when the purpose of our lives will no longer be merely to survive until the sun rises tomorrow!"
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"All pursuits are pointless and fruitless unless and until love and compassion are found and then are the foundation and destination of all you do."

"Some of us fast so that we can have less discomfort in life. The reason is not far-fetched - God is not interested in your comfort. He is more interested in your purpose."

"The purpose of your life is to find your ultimate purpose that makes you happy. Then commit to it wholeheartedly."

"Work is created to be an instrument through which you release your potential."

"To live intentionally implies that it is not going to be always convenient but it is what will take you to significance if you do not give up."

"I'm not asking you to come reverently or unquestioningly; I'm not asking you to be politically correct or cast aside your sense of humor (please God you have one). This isn't a popularity contest, it's not the moral Olympics, and it's not church. But it's Writing, damn it, not washing the car or putting on eyeliner. If you can take it seriously, we can do business. If you can't or won't, it's time for you to close the book and do something else. Wash the car, maybe."

"Everybody can do something. Anyone can do anything, but, it takes an understanding of real freedom to know do's and don'ts and the essence of do's and don'ts'. Nobility knows rules, nobility understands rules, and nobility recognizes the real reasons for staying within the border lines of rules that uphold dignity as a sacred responsibility. Nobility least do things anyhow, anywhere and anytime."
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"A matter that seems to be very clear in terms of the alternative view, is what do you expect to happen in Africa with regard to immune systems, where people are poor, subject to repeat infections and all of that. Surely you would expect their immune systems to collapse."


"I say that why don't we bring all points of view. Sit around a table and discuss this evidence, and produce evidence as it may be, and let's see what the outcome is, which is why we are having this International panel which we are all talking about."


"I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an economist therefore I can't take decisions on matters of the economy; I'm not a soldier I can't take decisions on matters of defence; I'm not an educationist so I can't take decisions about education."


"Together we have travelled a long road to be where we are today. This has been a road of struggle against colonial and apartheid oppression."


"South Africa was to evolve into the most pernicious example of the criminal practise of colonial and white minority domination."


"If you sit in a position where decisions that you take would have a serious effect on people, you can't ignore a lot of experience around the world which says this drug has these negative effects."


"I get a sense that we've all been educated into one school of thought. I'm not surprised at all to find among the overwhelming majority of scientists, are people who would hold one particular view because that's all they're exposed to."


"As a consequence of the victories we have registered during our first ten years of freedom, we have laid a firm foundation for the new advances we must and will make during the next decade."


"The concern around probable questions, which in a sense have been hidden, will grow around the world and the matter is critical, the reason we are doing all this is so we can respond correctly to what is reported to be a major catastrophe on the African continent."
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