We will not enjoy security
without development, we will not enjoy development without security, and we
will not enjoy either without respect for Human Rights.
-Kofi
Annan. Former UN sec. Gen.
We cannot, unlike other countries, send rockets to the
moon, but we can send rockets of love and hope to all our fellow men wherever
they may be...
-Julius Nyerere
A man can develop himself: by what he does, by making his own decision, by increasing his understanding
of what he is doing and why; by
increasing his knowledge and ability, and by his own full participation as an
equal in the life of the community he lives
in.
-Julius Nyerere
We learned the hard way
that lightly armed troops in white vehicles and blue helmets are not the
solution to every conflict. Sometimes peace has to be made or enforced before
it can be kept.
-Kofi
Annan. Former UN sec. Gen.
War is a continuation of
politics by the means of violence. The military is always the hostage of
politicians as it continues their policies by means of armed warfare.
-Clausa
Vith
War is a dirty game but it
can be made clean by obeying the law of war.
-Col.
G. Chiweshe
In war, eventually, there
are always the winners and there are also the defeated and sometimes, there are
no winners and no defeated; but there is always suffering and grief.
-Michael
Walzer
War is properly a war of
armies, a combat between combatants, from which the civilian population should
be shielded.
-Former
President George Bush
A just war should end with
restoration of the status quo ante- when the aggressor has been defeated, his
attack repulsed, the old boundaries restored.
-Michael
Walzer
Some Political theories
die and go to Heaven; some I hope, die and go to hell.
-Michael
Walzer
Courageous people do not
fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.
-Nelson
Mandela
Who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is foolish;
shun him. Who knows not, and knows that he knows not,
is humble, teach him. Who knows, but knows not that he knows, is asleep; wake him. Who knows, and knows
that he knows, is wise; follow him.
-Julius
Nyerere
It is when a fly patches
on a man’s scrotum that he knows that there are better ways in resolving
conflicts other than violence.
-African
Proverb
I have proven to Nigerians
that my political ambition is not worth the blood of anyone.
-Former
President Goodluck Jonathan
No one is born hating
another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion.
People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to
love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
-Nelson
Mandela
I have come to launch a
campaign of ideas, not one of calumny. I have come to preach love, not hate. I
have come to break you away from divisive tendencies of the past which have
slowed our drive to true nationhood. I have no enemies to fight. You are all my
friends and we share a common destiny.
- Former
President Goodluck Jonathan
As we strive to advance
our democratic development, there will be times when our will shall be tested,
our patience provoked and our belief questioned.
- Former
President Goodluck Jonathan
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