Politics

“Os políticos me incomodam, porque os políticos não me representam, não me contemplam.”

“What happens in South Africa will be determined by power, not by who's right or wrong.”

“L’Algérie sera tôt ou tard élevée au rang d’État, jouissant de son autonomie.”

“أرى أن نؤسس حزباً ونسميه البعث العربي وأقترح أن يقسم التنظيم إلى قسمين: سياسي وثقافي.”

“On a toujours refusé d'être des porte-parole.”

“Ce que cherche la poésie, c’est à déconstruire les idéologies.”

“You have failed to fuse together in Ireland the conflicting interests which you found there—the North and the South.”

“Une République qui maintiendra les femmes dans une condition d’infériorité ne pourra pas faire les hommes égaux.”

“I believe that this Parliament is the means by which we shall be able to achieve the good for every individual.”

“Nothing but liberty can arouse the soul to the interests of social order.”

“I hope our compatriots on the mainland will someday enjoy the same democracy and freedom we do here.”

“La preocupación del científico social no debe cifrarse tanto en explicar el mundo cuanto en transformarlo.”

“It is possible for us not only to live in peace, but to build a very great and a very glorious country.”

“We must remember that democracy is a way of organising life.”

“Segregation now...segregation tomorrow...segregation forever.”

“I am not a politician. I am an educator.”

“I don't think I'm involved in politics; I feel that politics is involved in all of us. It's part of life.”

“If you want to get independence, you have to sustain the unity deserved to regain independence.”