Jacob Zuma Quotes

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Jacob Zuma

Profession : Statesman

Birth : April 12, 1942

My love of South Africa is not gray; it's not vague. It's very specific. It's in keeping with our Constitution - 'Unity in diversity.'

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I don't think, in a country, you can have people thinking and feeling exactly the same.

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We have a history in South Africa of an entrenched white monopoly capital.

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We are a constitutional democracy. We must deal with things properly within the framework of the law and then the constitution.

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The youth of the ANC, ever since 1944 when it was established, has been very vocal. It has made suggestions on things so that, at times, old people said, 'What are you doing?' That is its nature. Alliance partners, they have always raised issues. In fact, that is what brings vibrancy in the alliance. People misread that as huge fights.

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In government, things do not move too quick. That is why I am trying to introduce a new culture: so that things move more quickly.

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In no country are all the people factory owners. The majority are workers.

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None of us, no matter how perfect, can claim that the building of a new society and the marshalling of a former liberation movement into a modern political party all happen in a straight line.

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All my life, I have served and will continue to serve the ANC in its pursuit of the objectives of the National Democratic Revolution.

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Our people are frustrated when we spend more time fighting among ourselves than focusing on solving the day-to-day challenges they experience.

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If we avail ourselves to serve in terms of the Constitution, we should be prepared if, indeed, those we serve deem it appropriate to suffer the hardship that comes with our constitutional obligations.

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