"The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human beings that they have no possibility to attain a decent standard of living."
― Thabo Mbeki
Topic(s):
Hope
More From Thabo Mbeki
- "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."
- "We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history, enjoyed such a confluence of encouraging possibilities."
- "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."
More In Hope
- "The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope."― John Buchan
- "I think almost every writer in the world would hope that books would be always talked about with respect and civility and depth and seriousness."― Dave Eggers
- "As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work."― Katharine Hepburn