Thabo Mbeki Quotes

I abhor crime novels in which the main character can behave however he or she pleases, or do things that normal people do not do, without those actions having social consequences.

Ethical decisions ensure that everyone's best interests are protected. When in doubt, don't.

We will be judged. There will be an accounting; there will be a reckoning sooner or later. It will either come from ourselves and our own conscience, or it will come from our kids when they ask that inconvenient question: 'What were you doing when they turned those kids back from the border?'

there are risks you'll take for yourself because you know that if your plan goes wrong, it'll be too late for regrets. but if you risk the lives of others and fail, you'll have a lifetime to regret it.

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

Guard yourself and your conscience no one else will and know that a bad decision at the right time can destroy you far more surely than any bullet!

I had no sense of guilt. All during the course of the operation, I knew it was a job.

If you vote for evil, you are evil yourself.

My father said, '10 minus one is zero.' It means that even if you do good things 10 times, it is no use when you do some bad thing once. But it doesn't mean that I think I have positive image, so I always need to be careful about what I'm doing. I don't want to frame myself.

We all have the ability to be dangerous and do things which are morally wrong.

But we're aware of the danger all the time. We all know what can happen. I jump in the car and forget it. If you start thinking one of us will get hurt it's more likely to happen.

Luke, I don't want to discourage your curiosity, but I have to remind you, if something goes wrong, this is an exceptionally embarassing way to die." Mara

If I was going to act irresponsibly, the least I could do was be responsible for it.

There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.

Jump in a hole without looking, and there'll be a snake in it every time.

Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.

Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.

We don't want to make a mistake. Would you rather make the mistake and err on the side of caution or wait until something happens and then answer to the American people, why you didn't vet these people properly?

Guilt and no guilt: these were the worst things. The only thing worse than the guilt was the fear of getting caught.

If we wait for the danger to become clear, it could be too late.

Female, I give you fair warning: you are playing with fire" - Tegan to Elise (Midnight Awakening

The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.

But there was no hiding from Conscience. Not in new homes and new cars. In travel. In meditation or frantic activity. In children, in good works. On tiptoes or bended knee. In a big career. Or a small cabin. It would find you. The past always did. Which was why... it was vital to be aware of actions in the present. Because the present became the past, and the past grew. And got up, and followed you. And found you... Who wouldn't be afraid of this?

Those who do not fear the sword they wield have no right to wield a sword at all. ~Shuhei Hisagi

If you had a friend who was a tightrope walker, and you were walking down a sidewalk, and he fell, that would be completely unacceptable.