Noteable Quotes

 

IF you are saying that I am [Founding Father Sam] Nujoma’s puppet, then you are wrong, and you do not know the history of the liberation struggle. – President Hifikepunye Pohamba, at the commemoration of Heroes’ Day in the North

PRESIDENT Pohamba is a fighter, and is bullet-proof. – Former President Nujoma, at the same occasion

IT undermines international urgency in resolving these problems if people are led to believe that the war in Darfur is over. – John Prendergast, a founder of the Enough Project, an anti-genocide campaign, on statements made by UN and African Union officials that the war in Darfur is over, despite ongoing security issues

I HAVE a list of the names and addresses of 165 farmers who have ended their lives because of the distress caused by the drought. – N Chandrababu Naidu, India opposition leader, on the large number of Indian farmers who have committed suicide after struggling with debt and a lack of rain

BLIND belief is dangerous. – Luyia (western Kenya) proverb

UNDER capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it’s precisely the opposite. – JK Galbraith, economist

From the history books
THERE already exist in the world large regions, for example, the European Union, within which war is inconceivable. What is needed is to extend these to cover the world’s major powers. – Polish-born British scientist Joseph Rotblat, who worked on the atomic bomb but went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize as a leading campaigner against nuclear weapons. He died on August 31 2005, aged 96

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