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"Mamphela Ramphele Quotes & Sayings

      South African     /     View profile
Born: 28 December 1947 | Politician | Activist | Medical doctor |

Attitudes toward other creatures is conditioned by one’s level of security within the universe.

Attitudes Creatures Conditioned One's level
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South Africa does not have a poverty problem. Poverty is a result of denialism of the way corruption taxes poor people, the inefficiencies that undermine poor people’s opportunities and our refusal to admit that we are part of the problem.

Poverty problem Result Corruption Taxes
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The double jeopardy of being black and female in a racist and sexist society may well make one less afraid of the sanctions against success. A non-subservient black woman is by definition a transgressive – she is the ultimate outsider.

Double jeopardy Being black Female Racist
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I’m doing what I’m doing because I believe in human dignity, equality and freedom. I cannot be free if my fellow human beings are not free.

I believe Human dignity Equality Freedom
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You must model what you preach if you’re to be credible.

Must model You preach Be credible
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The best must always get better.You feel good when you stretch yourself.
The best Must always Better Feel good
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What distinguishes human beings from the rest of the animal kingdom is the sense of being connected to others.

What distinguished Human being Rest Animal kingdom
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Overcoming authoritarianism starts with recognizing it. The attitude that those in authority are to be respected to the point of not daring to question their behavior, even when it involves wrong-doing, needs to be changed.

Overcoming authoritarianism Recognizing it The attitude Authority
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Mamphela Ramphele Quotes & Sayings