"My mission is to lead the country out of a bad situation of corruption, depression and slavery. After I rid the country of these vices, I will then organize and supervise a general election of a genuinely democratic civilian government."

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Source : Attributed in "Uganda, the Human Rights Situation" by United States Congress. Senate, (p. 13), 1978.

Idi Amin

#Country Quotes #Government Quotes #Vices Quotes

“Writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 1, 2011
“Love is nothing but the fear of mortal man at the thought of solitude.”
“I found myself compelled - like this weird, shameful compulsion - to draw cute animals.”
“The moments when I first made something, like when I first wrote a song please me so intensely. Everything else after that is just the act of communication.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“At first I was afraid, I was petrified, kept thinking I could never live without you by my side. But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong, and I grew strong.”

Source : Song: I Will Survive
“Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to power is to choose to limit oneself- to serve.”
“The green is so narrow that if you over-club, you've got an impossible bunker shot. If you're short, you're pretty much dead.”
“You're looking exceptionally ugly tonight, Madam, is it because we have company?”

Source : Alfred Jarry (2007). “The Ubu Plays: Includes: Ubu Rex; Ubu Cuckolded; Ubu Enchained”, p.22, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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