"Liberals want to set up social welfare committees to help whites and West Indians love each other in Birmingham. But all such efforts are doomed to failure. For the strong the weak are just too much of a temptation; and in all fairness it seems to me quite wicked for black people to have tempted the powerful with so much powerless-ness for so long. The obvious answer is to redress this imbalance in power."

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Source : Lewis Nkosi (1983). “Home and exile and other selections”, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd

Lewis Nkosi

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“I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge; I pardon those who have occasioned my death; and I pray to God that the blood you are going to shed may never be visited on France.”

Source : Last words of Louis XVI of France before he was executed by guillotine, January 21, 1793.
“Any kind of novelty or excitement drives up dopamine in the brain, and dopamine is associated with romantic love.”
“People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician.”

Source : Interview with Katharine Hikel, www.vermontwoman.com. August 04, 2004.
“When you show a man what he wants he will move heaven and earth to get it.”

Source : Frank Bettger (2009). “How I Raised Myself From Failure”, p.103, Simon and Schuster
“Travel around the world is amazing. New people. New-found family, really.”
“You are treasure beyond any price.”
“After creation God said, 'It is finished'-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, 'It is finished'-and we can rest.”
“...time was not passing...it was turning in a circle...”

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