Cyril Ramaphosa Quotes

Our party has known great, great days. But we have no God-given right to survive, let alone to succeed.

People of Haiti. I am the heir to the political philosophy, the doctrine and the revolution which my late father [François Duvalier] incarnated as President-for-Life. I have decided to continue his work with the same fierce energy and the same intransigence.

I declare that the Russian revolution is a cultural and constructive movement, the only movement capable of saving Russia from political dissolution

Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last.

As we look back over the sweep of American history, it has been the American Presidency that has best fulfilled the vision of the Founders. It has brought to our Republic a dynamism and effectiveness that other democracies have lacked.

The ANC must ensure that South Africa does not become a mafia state because once you reach that state, all the wheels have come off.

I believe that during these times, we should not forget that many sacrificed to regain our democracy.

I have extremely friendly feelings for German chancellor. I think Angela Merkel is very courageous, and that is one reason I have such great respect for her. But I also know that she has now survived French presidents for 12 years. I am constantly trying to imagine all the mistakes my predecessors made and to avoid repeating them.

Not as tyrants have we come, but as liberators.

Who would be free themselves must strike the blow. Better even to die free than to live slaves.

The Communist Party must be a revolutionary party our it will cease to be a Communist Party.

Know ye not who would be free themselves must strike the blow? by their right arms the conquest must be wrought?

Too often in the past, our Armed Forces have returned to Canada from their trials with little fanfare. Not so today. Canadians across the country came out in force, united in appreciation, to honour the bravery, heroism, strength and sacrifice of those who fought for freedom and security in Afghanistan.

Turkey has put up a fight against the powerful nations of the world. The crusader mentality attacked us abroad. Inside, their lackeys attacked us. We didn't succumb. As a nation, we stood strong.

Lincoln, they used to talk about him almost as bad as they talk about me. So democracy has never been for the faint of heart.

I like to tell people when the final history is written on Iraq, it will look like just a comma because there is - my point is, there's a strong will for democracy.

I've grown fonder for Hillary Clinton since she ran for the presidency. I think that it's emblematic of the Rolling Stones song, you can't always get what you want, i.e., the grail. Sometimes you get what you need. And whatever she's gotten over the last couple of years, being humbled or be it being humbled and see the proletariat come to bat for her, getting outside of the bubble, getting out of this man's shadow, not quite getting the job she wants but a great wonk job.

We survived Nixon and Reagan and George Bush, and so we can survive anything that comes along.

Hillary Clinton's been around for 30 years. Why do these stories need to be told? It isn't all of this widely known?

To be president of America, you need tremendous stamina.

If the union of these States, and the liberties of this people, shall be lost, it is but little to any one man of fifty-two yearsof age, but a great deal to the thirty millions of people who inhabit these United States, and to their posterity in all coming time.

We believe that the spreading out and perpetuity of the institution of slavery impairs the general welfare. We believe - nay, we know, that that is the only thing that has ever threatened the perpetuity of the Union itself.

Trump base is solid, and there's nothing the media can do to break it. There's not a single thing they can do. They are never gonna give that up, either. They are doing everything they can to split up Trump supporters from Trump. Only Trump can do that. The media didn't make Trump and, as I repeatedly say, they can't bust him.

It is quite clear that history will record that Margaret Thatcher was the greatest Prime Minister this country has had since Churchill.

For me, seeing our history told in this light, the ones who did rebel, the ones who did revolt, the revolutionaries, excited me. Seeing this story of the Underground Railroad ... and that is such a proud part of our history that not a lot of us know about, where these brave men and women, they were heroes, really helped tear down the system of slavery just by running.