Noteable Quotes

IT sounded and felt like a thousand people running on our roof. – Martin Duvenhage of Brandberg restcamp describing how the earthquake, measuring 5.6 on the Richter Scale, felt in his area of the Erongo Region on Friday

I WAS elected to defend, build and perfect socialism, not to destroy it. – New Cuban president Raul Castro told lawmakers in the Cuban parliament on SaturdayIT’S something I almost look forward to. It’s a thrill and I’m an adrenaline-junkie person. It’s the pursuit. – Jim Nicholson, 30, a Seattle bank teller who was fired after chasing down a bank robber in contravention of company policy that employees comply with robbery demands and avoid confrontationsAND if the constitutional court says the law is constitutional, I’m ready to be whipped not 40 but 40 000 times. – Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein, who works for the media department of the United Nations Mission in Sudan, is to be judged today for wearing ‘indecent’ trousersSEVEN blunders of the world that lead to violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, politics without principle. – Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He is officially honoured in India as the Father of the NationTHE best fertiliser is the gardener’s shadow. – Author UnknownFrom the history booksWE want to vote, not tomorrow or next week, we want to vote now. We want democracy. – South African archbishop Desmond Tutu, on the two-day general strike against white rule in South Africa during which over 30 people died. Millions of blacks ended the strike on August 4 1992