Notable Quotes

THE place looks terrible and shows that we do not appreciate and recognise his contribution to the national liberation of Namibia. Why are we treating our heroes like this? – Reader commenting on the neglected state of  Moses //Garoëb’s grave in Windhoek’s Old Location Cemetery
 
 THESE practices are dangerous and must cease forthwith.

THE place looks terrible and shows that we do not appreciate and recognise his contribution to the national liberation of Namibia. Why are we treating our heroes like this? – Reader commenting on the neglected state of Moses //Garoëb’s grave in Windhoek’s Old Location Cemetery

THESE practices are dangerous and must cease forthwith. – Works and Transport Minister Helmut Angula in a statement warning pilots about low flying after numerous complaints in the past few months

THEY were willing to put all they were and all they had on the line – their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honour – for a set of ideals that continue to light the world. – President-elect Barack Obama citing America’s founding fathers during a train ride on Saturday retracing the path taken by President Abraham Lincoln to his inauguration in Washington in 1861

THIS process must never divide us. – Gauteng African National Congress chairman, Paul Mashatile, commenting on the party’s democratic processes in light of the Supreme Court of Appeal’s decision to reinstate corruption and other charges against ANC president Jacob Zuma

I HAVE a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. – Civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968)

From the history books
OUR progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource. – John F Kennedy was inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States on January 20 1961. He was also the youngest ever President and the first Roman Catholic to hold the office.