Politics

“My choice will be to be an artist activist – not an activist artist.”

“We are talking to ourselves as we must and if we are overheard in America, or England, so much the better.”

“I will continue to raise my voice until there is human rights in Vietnam, real human rights.”

“Today I have come bearing an olive branch and a freedom-fighter's gun. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.”

“A nation can endure with unbelief, but it cannot endure with injustice.”

“I'm not about entertainment right now, I'm about mobilizing people to change the world.”

“But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded.”

“That makes me feel moderately optimistic for the future of the country.”

“This confrontation with Canada is totally unnecessary.”

“La culture est le fondement de la politique.”

“Is it not a fact that officials sitting in the official Gallery often pass slips to the Treasury Benches? Similarly any visitors sitting in a box can pass on a slip at any time?”

“มันเป็นที่รัฐบาลหัวโบราณหรือเปล่า!”

“The mission of my generation was to win self-government for Jamaica.”

“Pentru că în România nu credea nimeni în comunism!”

“Demokrasi itu isinya memberi dan menerima.”

“One should say, “Listen, government is my ally. They’re doing things for me, and I’ve got to work with them.””

“In itself, Arab nationalism for us Baathists is a self-evident reality not in need of special investigation or affirmation.”

“I have fallen (if I have fallen) in one common grave with the cause and love of liberty.”