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" There are times when leadership needs to take a bold move forward. And there are times when the leadership needs to act on the basis of what the grass roots say. You need to have your political thermometer constantly in the political waters to know when to give leadership in what way. "

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" We must acknowledge that there are factions in our movements... We should not be telling lies to each other; we should tell the truth to each other with the view that there will be unity. "

" The expropriation of land without compensation is envisaged as one of the measures that we will use to accelerate redistribution of land to black South Africans. "

" People must respect our movement. "

" 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. "

" What we want is for our young people to be skilled. "

" Tough decisions have to be made to close our fiscal gap, stabilise our debt, and restore our state-owned enterprises to health. "

" We are determined to build a society defined by decency and integrity that does not tolerate the plunder of public resources nor the theft by corporate criminals of the hard-earned savings of ordinary people. "

" When I was appointed deputy president, I accepted it, and it is the president's prerogative to appoint or remove anyone to the Executive. "

" We need to make sure that the ANC branches are strong, that they can lead the communities we live in. "

" New schools, hospitals, clinics, factories, bridges, dams, and airports tell the story of a South Africa that has indeed moved forward. "

" We cannot effect meaningful change if we become complacent, if we become comfortable with our own positions in the status quo. "

" Nobody, no family, is above the law. "

" To those who have being stealing government money, it has to come to an end. "

" Because of their marginalised position in the economy, the mass of the workers carry the burdens of society. "

" We want young people to come forward with bright ideas; we want the women and men in our country to have jobs. "

" 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. "

" We need to remind ourselves of the kind of society of which we have dreamed for so long, for which we have fought, and for which so many lost their lives. "

" We need to rid our State Owned Enterprises of corruption because the money being siphoned out should be funding them. "

" We must not have an economy that discourages and chases away investors from investing in South Africa. "

" We have to have a good look at the Constitution. Let's determine where the shortcomings are. Then we can start talking of clauses. "

" Violence against women and children resembles an epidemic. It has spread through society, sparing no social group or class. "

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

Cyril Ramaphosa

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Generation

" We have to build further on the collaboration with business and labor to restore confidence and prevent an investment downgrade. "

" I will try to work very hard not to disappoint the people of South Africa. "

" South Africa must come first in everything we do. "

" We now know, without any shred of uncertainty, that billions of rands of public resources have been diverted into the pockets of a few. "

" Climate change is a reality. "

" Everyone has to be receptive to the decisions of the ANC because that is the political center. You have got to accept the decisions, and you also have to accept the direction that you are given by the ANC. "

" Money has come to play a very bad role in the ANC; people's votes are bought, and patronage has become the order of the day. All those deviant tendencies need to be curbed. "