Thabo Mbeki Quotes

We have to make a determination of what the minimum standards are for police, fire and emergency services in all of America's major cities. Once we determine that, then we can decide what the funding is.

If the people are not getting what the people need, you shouldn’t be paying for it.

I am against resources being controlled by corporations, but that doesn't mean I want them controlled by the state.

You know it's funny, when it rains it pours they got money for wars, but can't feed the poor.

The chicken is the country's, but the city eats it.

We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.

The elephant needs a thousand times more food than the ant but that is not an indication of inequality.

If everyone would take only according to his needs and would leave the surplus to the needy, no one would be rich, no one poor, no one in misery.

I shall not accept more than I need while others in the world have less than they need.

Sometimes you should have something you don't need but that you want.

Government caters to those screaming the loudest, regardless of what they're screaming about. In business, it's exactly the opposite! You invest more in the most successful departments, and less in those that aren't performing.

If you believe that the developing world deserves the same standards of living that we do in the developed world, then to achieve that, they need resources. They need the metals and the minerals to build the industries and the buildings and so forth, and the energy.

If something doesn't turn out as planned, you will ask yourself, 'How did I create that? What was I thinking? What were my beliefs? What did I say or not say? What did I do or not do to create that result? How did I get the other person to act that way? What do I need to do differently next time to get the result I want?'

There's a lot of life on the planet that needs love, wants love, deserves love, in whatever capacity we are able.

We need to look at NASA, not as a handout, but as an investment.

People see what they want to see when they need to.

We don't want women to really know men, because then they'll find out how much we need them.

It is contrary to our principles to multiply organizations, since, in all conscience, there are enough of them. And when organizations are created they need individuals to look after them.

Our purpose is to end war and bring resources back to the life-sustaining needs of our community.

Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.

If you want to attract people, you need to be like people you enjoy being with.

If you want more of something, subsidize it; if you want less of something, tax it.

Some take advantage of natural resources to put the capital in the hands of the few, while some use these natural resources to benefit the majority, as we do in Bolivia.

On some days you get what you want, and on others, you get what you need.

It's a big deal when you finally get the chance to do the one thing you want to do - need to do - more than anything. It can kind of scare the crap out of you.