Noteable Quotes

CONTINUITY is good but only if people deliver. – Commentator on the list of Swapo parliamentary election candidates announced over the weekend

CAPITALISM is an evil, and you cannot regulate evil. – Conclusion in the latest US director Michael Moore’s film ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’ WE can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. – Plato ( 428 BC – 348 BC) Greek philosopher considered the world’s most influential philosopherIN America, anybody can be president. That’s one of the risks you take. – Adlai Stevenson, statesman (1900-1965)IF we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all. – Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, political activist, author, and lecturerI’M so surprised, I can’t quite believe it! It really is amazing that this has happened after all these years. – Dame Vera Lynn (92) who became the oldest living artist to have a British number two hit album as the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War ll revived memories of her singing heydayTHE elephant never gets tired of carrying his tusks. – Liberian proverbFrom the history booksWHEN one lives, one should never give up, one must always struggle and always believe that it will go on. And that gives one strength. – Leni Riefenstahl, Adolf Hitler’s filmmaker and one of the last of Germany’s famous Nazi-era figures. Her films of a Nazi party rally and the 1936 Berlin Olympics brought her prewar fame and postwar notoriety. Riefenstahl died on September 8, 2003, aged 101

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