Thabo Mbeki Quotes

My first task is to show how great we are as a nation - let's banish the pessimists.

If you want your country to do well as everyone says, bring a positive light to it.

I will always believe our nation's best days lie ahead.

We'll do it right. You'll be proud of our country again.

I think Americans want to believe in this country again.

We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!

To one who loves his country in all its parts, it is natural to rejoice in whatever contributes to the prosperity and honor and marks the stability and progress of any portion of its people.

Vermonters often ask me whether I am pessimistic about the future of our country. My honest answer is that I am not.

My question about everything I do is, does it make our country stronger?

These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.

When terrorists attacked the symbols of our national unity and strength, they failed to realize that they were just symbols of our strength. The real strength of our nation comes from our people - not our buildings.

I am an optimist about America.

I'm optimistic about the country; I'm optimistic about the American people.

While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst, and with continued unity of effort, we shall rapidly recover. There is one certainty of the future of a people of the resources, intelligence and character of the people of the United States - that is, prosperity.

This country's gonna be greater, more united, more powerful than it's ever been.

The U.S. is an optimistic nation. No candidate has ever won the American presidency by speaking primarily to people's deepest fears and by manufacturing a sense of apocalypse - that our leaders 'can't do anything right,' that things are utterly falling apart.

I truly believe we can be the greatest nation on Earth.

Now people all across America are starting to believe in America again. We are coming back, back to the heights of greatness, back to America's proud role as a temple of justice and a champion of peace.

Why is America such a great country. It is because we stand united.

I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.

The core of the American public, their hearts and their minds are in the right place. And that gives me hope.

The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test.

I think America needs lots of tough people. Not just me. I think America needs to get tougher, all of us.

You would have to say his number one accomplishment has been to inspire a sense of confidence in the country. That confidence, that optimism, not only gives President Obama a political cushion, but it could have a real world economic impact.

I see success as bringing some confidence back to the American people that despite our differences, we can find some ways to move forward.