"War is just like bush-clearing-the moment you stop, the jungle comes back even thicker, but for a little while you can plant and grow a crop in the ground you have won at such a terrible cost."

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Source : Kenneth David Kaunda, Colin Morris (1980). “Kaunda on Violence”, HarperCollins Publishers

Kenneth Kaunda

#War Quotes #Cost Quotes #Littles Quotes

“Certainly polling is a tool for leadership. It's not a program for leadership. And you can abuse a tool. You can overuse it. A leader who looks to the latest poll finding and says, "Well that's what I should do", that's not a very good leader. I mean that's someone who is not taking this poll and saying, "Well what am I gonna have to do to get public acceptance of my policies?" It's someone who is interested in their own election or re-election, and their own popularity rather than genuinely serving the public interest.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“There are brilliant out lesbians and gay men and bisexuals and transgendered people and heterosexuals keeping the fire of change alive. Not a day goes by when I don't feel grateful to them for their work.”
“The language of truth is simple.”
“Confession can be good for the soul, but it can exact a heavy toll on friendships.”
“Religion is the hospital of the souls that the world has wounded.”
“It's hilarious a lot of times. You have a conversation with someone, and he's like, 'You speak so well!' I'm like, 'What do you mean? Do you understand that's an insult?”
“My ideal citizen is the self-employed, homeschooling, IRA-owning guy with a concealed-carry permit. Because that person doesn't need the ***** government for anything,”

Source : "Grover Norquist: The Soul of the New Machine" by Michael Scherer, www.motherjones.com. January/February 2014.
“From '41 to '51I was my folk's contrary son;I bit my father's hand right throughAnd broke my mother's heart in two.”

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