Benjamin Zephaniah famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The stage has been reached where our armed forces should withdraw beyond the borders It's not the end. It's the start of a new era.
We let 50,000 Jewish intellectuals get across the border. Just as I wanted Lebensraum for Germany, I thought Jews should have a Lebensraum for themselves--outside of Germany.
Globalisation has made us more vulnerable. It creates a world without borders, and makes us painfully aware of the limitations of our present instruments, and of politics, to meet its challenges.
Poetry feels like a country I visit without a passport, where I look around furtively, grab hold of something precious, and try to smuggle it back across the border. Any poem I get written down feels like contraband to me.
This planet is for everyone, borders are for no one. It's all about freedom.
Life on the planet is born of woman.
When you leave the planet, you leave music behind.
Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.
Activism is my rent for living on the planet.
Surfing is simply the most fun I know how to have on this planet.

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