Cyril Ramaphosa Quotes

Cyril Ramaphosa

Profession : Politician

Birth : November 17, 1952

No man is born believing that he has dominion over women. Instead, this view is handed down from generation to generation and amplified through social custom, culture, and popular media.

Cyril Ramaphosa

We have realized that corruption is rife, and we are going to address it. We are going to root out corruption, and that is a promise I can make.

Cyril Ramaphosa

As members of the executive, we are accountable to Parliament.

Cyril Ramaphosa

We are a nation that does not build walls. We do not believe in building walls. And that defines who we are. We are South Africans, and we do not subscribe to the building of walls.

Cyril Ramaphosa

The expropriation of land without compensation should be among the mechanisms available to government to give effect to land reform and redistribution.

Cyril Ramaphosa

To get education to sink deep into the minds of a nation takes a generation and more.

Cyril Ramaphosa

The ANC must ensure that South Africa does not become a mafia state because once you reach that state, all the wheels have come off.

Cyril Ramaphosa

We say South Africa is an open country, and when people come here, we must deal with them with dignity and respect within the parameters of our Constitution.

Cyril Ramaphosa

We are building a country where a person's prospects are determined by their own initiative and hard work and not by the color of their skin, place of birth, gender, language, or income of their parents.

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We are determined that expropriation without compensation should be implemented in a way that increases agricultural production, improves food security, and ensure that land is returned to those from who it was taken under colonialism and apartheid.

Cyril Ramaphosa

Free education for all - whilst it is a desirable notion, in South Africa it will simply not be affordable.

Cyril Ramaphosa

I believe that our economy is not a one- or two-percent growth economy; I believe it can grow at four percent, and we can revitalize our economy if we do the right things.

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When courts rule in our country, we have them as the final arbiter on matters in which we might not agree on. And that is an important pillar of our democracy.

Cyril Ramaphosa

My campaign to become leader of the ANC was pivoted on two things: Renewing the ANC and taking back to the values the were espoused and subscribed to by Nelson Mandela, Oliver Thambo, and many other leaders.

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The country is yearning to put behind all these horrible things that have to do with corruption, state capture, behind us. The sooner these are all done, the better, because we want to move on; we want to move on to a better life.

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Climate change is a reality.

Cyril Ramaphosa

We must again carry the burden of our people and shoulder our commitment to leading them to the promised land.

Cyril Ramaphosa

We are going to seek to improve the lives of our people on an ongoing basis, and since 1994, we have done precisely that.

Cyril Ramaphosa

In working to end violence against women and children, we need to ensure that men are centrally involved. Men need to organise themselves in a sustained campaign against gender-based violence.

Cyril Ramaphosa

Nobody, no family, is above the law.

Cyril Ramaphosa