Notable Quotes

THE public will only see the increase if they get into a taxi. – Magnus Nangombe, president of the Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta), says passengers will not be informed in advance when taxi fares will be increased.

THE managers have in actual fact come with a mission to further suppress the Namibians as they did before independence, an act which prophesied by their forefathers who colonised us in the forms of capitalising on our economy by making us eat from the rubbish bins whilst they are eating from the table of gold. – Workers at the diamond cutting and publishing company, AMC-GEMXEL claim that since the South African manager Eugene Roos and two of his brothers joined the company they are insulted, assaulted, and called words such as ‘kaffirs’, ‘baboons’ and stupid. They marched on Tuesday afternoon to express their anger over alleged unfair treatment at the workplace.HOW can we talk about industrialisation if we keep on importing everything or most of the commodities from other countries. We are at a stage where we not only import commodities but human resources also. – Agnes Tjongarero, Swapo Party member of parliament, says the Namibian manufacturing base should be strengthened to diminish its reliance on imports and create more jobs.THEY’RE going to take us down. They’re taking us down. They’re going to take us down. Say the Lord’s prayer. Say the Lord’s prayer. – Passengers account of what the captain of JetBlue Airways Flight 191 screamed as he stormed through the plane, rambling about a bomb and threats from Iraq before passengers tackled him to the ground just outside the cockpit. I WAS born in India and feel really privileged to live in a free country. It pains me that a freedom-loving democratic country like India bows down to China. – Tenzin Jigdal, an activist in Delhi. India has banned Tibetan activists from protesting during Chinese premier Hu Jintao’s visit. WE cannot allow this country endowed with such precious democratic instruments, dating back at least two decades, to leave history by regressing. – Alassane Ouattara, President of the Ivory Coast and chair of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), on Mali’s suspension from the group following a coupFrom The History BooksPEOPLE’S real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you’re not sure what you really want or what you even really need. – Tracy Chapman (born March 30 1964) is an American singer and songwriter. She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist.CAPITALISM works better from every perspective when the economic decisions-makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions. – Barney Frank (born March 31 1940) is the recently retired United States Representative for Massachusetts’s congregation district since January 1981. A member of Democratic Party, he is a former chairman of the house Financial Services Commitee and is considered the most prominent gay politician in the United States. GAY people – generally speaking – have a responsibility to our own community and to future generations of gay people to come out, if and when we feel that we can. – Rachel Anne Maddow (born April 1 1973) is an American television host and political commentator.

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