Noteable Quotes

IT would not be in the interests of the country to invite the Dalai Lama to South Africa at this stage because the attention of the world is on us as the host of the 2010 Fifa World Cup. – President Kgalema Motlanthe’s spokesman Thabo Masebe, quoted in The Star.

I WILL condemn government’s behaviour as disgraceful, in line with our country’s abysmal record at the United Nations Security Council, a total betrayal of our struggle history. We are shamelessly succumbing to Chinese pressure. I feel deeply distressed and ashamed. – Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.MORE than one paper came in with a cellphone number instead of an ID number on top. – South African Education department director general Duncan Hindle explaining the delay in the release of last year’s matric results.THE crime of the defendant was pure greed unmasked. There was not a shred of moral necessity to excuse the defendant’s crime. – Palm Beach Judge Jeffrey Colbath after imposing a prison term on John Skehan, 81, a Catholic priest convicted of stealing about N$1 milion from his churchI ALSO struggled with mathematics between the age of 13 and 16. – Finance Minister Trevor Manuel to a group of Pretoria high school children.I WILL pay the fine because I don’t want to be imprisoned. – Businessman Cyril Ramaphosa to Midrand magistrate Joe Kgomo after he was arrested for travelling 162km/h in a 120km/h zone, quoted in The Star.IMAGINE how it will be having to spend time with dangerous criminals I have arrested. – South African Police Captain Victor Jwili pleading for bail after being arrested for allegedly selling confiscated drugs back to drug lords.IF that spice is no longer part of the recipe then you have to find another menu. – SA National Civic Organisation Western Cape secretary Veza Nethi explaining that Sanco had turned away from the ANC to back Cope, because it felt the ruling party had abandoned the Freedom Charter’s principles.I ONCE met a man who had forgiven an injury. I hope some day to meet the man who has forgiven an insult. – Charles Buxton, brewer, philanthropist, writer and politician (1823-1871) THE hunt is like a dance for men, for the women the dance is the hunt. – Austrian proverbFrom the history booksPOLITICIANS are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers. – Nikita Khrushchev became premier of the Soviet Union on March 27 1958A WORK of art is above all an adventure of the mind. – Eugène Ionesco (1909 – 1994), was a Romanian and French playwright and dramatist, one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the Absurd. He died on March 28 1994 at 84 IN any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order. – Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada fled to his tribal homeland of Kakwa as his rule of Uganda crumbled on March 29 1979