Jacob Zuma Quotes

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Jacob Zuma

Profession : Statesman

Birth : April 12, 1942

Criminality is always the result of poverty. Countries that experience such a fundamental change as we have - we had the apartheid regime and must now develop a multicultural democracy - must necessarily pass through a phase of high crime rates.

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You don't just end up with freedom when you have the vote. The struggle continues.

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I'm a very honest politician.

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I am forever indebted to the ANC, the liberation movement I have served almost all my life.

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Judgments that give an impression that we can disregard the Constitution for political expediency, or to solve what we regard as current problems, set a dangerous precedence which will make it difficult to govern in future or to make ordinary citizens to abide by the Constitution.

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I do take seriously and am grateful to the ANC that, in the face of its revolutionary mission to ensure a better life for all and the creation of a non-racial, non-sexist and democratic South Africa, it deployed me at the pinnacle of its role in government.

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I fear no motion of no confidence or impeachment, for they are the lawful mechanisms for the people of this beautiful country to remove their president.

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As a citizen of this country, I've got to be honest to the people of South Africa.

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My view is instead of political discussions, persuasions, which dominate democracy, in our country we have taken our democracy to the other extreme. There is no debate, sufficient debate. There is court debate.

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People are constantly applying double standards. Take the United States, for example. Washington wants the whole world to admire the country for its democracy. Then the government sends out its army, in the name of this democracy, and leaves behind the kind of chaos we see in Iraq.

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The economy in South Africa was racially structured for many decades, if not centuries.

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I just accept that, if my party and my compatriots wish that I be removed from office, they must exercise that right and do so in the manner prescribed in the Constitution.

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Theft and corruption in the private sector is as bad as that in government and must be dealt with decisively by law enforcement agencies.

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When I joined the ANC, I never thought I would be anything. In no way, did I say, 'One day I could be the president. I think I am good material for the presidency.' Not at all.

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We South Africans are also crazy about football, so the World Cup can be nothing but successful.

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Africa suffered under European dominance for centuries.

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The majority in this country have not seen anything wrong with Zuma. I go with the overwhelming feeling of this country. If the majority say, 'Zuma, do this,' I will do it.

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If you grow the economy, then you become stronger, and you can resist many other things.

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Radical socio-economic transformation is a policy of the ANC. As a leader of the ANC, you have to implement the policy. When I talk about radical socio-economic transformation, it's not my thing; it's an ANC policy.

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I have fought corruption.

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