1,044 Quotes About Africa

  • Author Larry Pratt
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    I can predict that the violent crime rate and murder will increase if this law continues to be implemented. The only way to tackle this Wild West scenario is to allow the good guys to have guns ... The criminal in South Africa has too much freedom of action, too much job security.

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  • Author Pratibha Patil
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    We view South Africa as one of our closest strategic partners in the developing world and in the African continent.

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  • Author Reynolds Price
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    I think if we are realistic, the South - the old Confederate states - really only has one entirely unique feature that other parts of the country don't have, and that is this nearly 400-year history of tremendous intimacy, in every sense of the word, good and evil, between two very different kinds of peoples: people who were brought here against their wishes from Africa and a largely Anglo-white population.

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  • Author Ricky Ponting
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    I think they've just slightly had the edge over Sri Lanka and I think Sri Lanka probably rely on too few players and I think South Africa have got more depth.

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  • Author Ricky Ponting
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    A lot of our guys are in good form, there's a good feeling around the team and if we get out there and start the test match well I'm sure South Africa will find it hard to beat us.

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  • Author Tshepo Peege
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    We are going to isolate countries where these safety issues are a concern. The stigma that Africa carries leads people to fly non-African airlines and thereby deprive our airlines of opportunities to grow and expand.

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  • Author Paul Quantrill
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    I'm not making any bets on that game. South Africa impressed me, they battled us. They were a bunch of young athletic players. They impressed me as much as our young guys impressed me.

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  • Author Charles Rangel
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    Apparently, international drug cartels are increasingly using West Africa as a hub for drug shipments into Europe and North America.

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