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Among other things, the Zimbabwe ex-President will be remembered for his wit and his colourful language. 1) “When your clothes are made of cassava leaves, you don’t take a goat as a friend.” 2) “If you are ugly, you are ugly. Stop talking about inner beauty because men don’t walk around with X-ray machines to […]
Continue ReadingQuote from Dr. Martin Luther King. But though I was initially disappointed at being categorized as an extremist, as I continued to think about the matter I gradually gained a measure of satisfaction from the label. Was not Jesus an extremist for love … Was not Amos an extremist for justice: ‘Let justice roll down […]
Continue ReadingTeddy Roosevelt gave a speech at the Sorbonne on August 23, 1910 that included this extract. It came to be known as “The Man in the Arena” speech. “ It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have […]
Continue ReadingJames Mattis: 15 Quotes from Trump’s Secretary of Defense Pick from Breitbart’s article here. by JOHN HAYWARD 2 Dec 201668 Retired Marine Corps General James Mattis, Secretary of Defense, is one of the most quotable figures in modern public life. He rarely gives a speech without saying something that should be emblazoned on coffee mugs, or in […]
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