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„It wouldn't sit easily on one's conscience that you had been warned and there could be danger, but nevertheless you went ahead and said let's dispense these drugs.“
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„It's very worrying at this time in the world that any point of view should be prohibited, that's banned, there are heretics that should be burned at the stake.“
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„A matter that seems to be very clear in terms of the alternative view, is what do you expect to happen in Africa with regard to immune systems, where people are poor, subject to repeat infections and all of that. Surely you would expect their immune systems to collapse.“
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„That surely must be a concern to anyone who decides this drug must be given to stop transmissions, again from mother to child, which is extremely costly and must be taken into account.“
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„Well, because lots of questions had been raised about the toxicity of the drug, which is very serious.“
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„As a consequence of the victories we have registered during our first ten years of freedom, we have laid a firm foundation for the new advances we must and will make during the next decade.“
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„South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white.“
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„One of the things that became clear, and which was actually rather disturbing, was the fact that there was a view which was being expressed by people whose scientific credentials you can't question.“
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„I say that why don't we bring all points of view. Sit around a table and discuss this evidence, and produce evidence as it may be, and let's see what the outcome is, which is why we are having this International panel which we are all talking about.“
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„One of the matters that must be addressed is that Rwanda and Uganda have to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We're also supporting processes to ensure that the political dialogue among the Congolese themselves takes place so that the people there can decide their future.“
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„We've had a long wrangle with the pharmaceutical industry about parallel imports, and what we were saying is we want to make medicines and drugs as affordable as a possible to what is largely a poor population.“
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„We will continue to count on your unwavering support and commitment to working with leaders of our continent in bringing about the desired renaissance of Africa.“
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„Science is always inquiring.“
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„South Africa was to evolve into the most pernicious example of the criminal practise of colonial and white minority domination.“
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„We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history, enjoyed such a confluence of encouraging possibilities.“
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„I think the Internet is absolutely extraordinary. It's very, very useful and I think one of the things we've got to do is make sure that the African continent gets on to that information super highway.“
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„The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human beings that they have no possibility to attain a decent standard of living.“
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„The people of Zimbabwe have a responsibility to ensure that the government that they elected behaves properly.“
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„If you sit in a position where decisions that you take would have a serious effect on people, you can't ignore a lot of experience around the world which says this drug has these negative effects.“
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„I get a sense that we've all been educated into one school of thought. I'm not surprised at all to find among the overwhelming majority of scientists, are people who would hold one particular view because that's all they're exposed to.“
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Thabo Mbeki
Author born: June 18, 1942
Nationality: South African
Author Profession: Statesman

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