I'm a nomad. I have a place in New York in the Flatiron District, and I have a place in Paris in… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
We can learn a great deal from whales. It is the same lesson we can learn from our close genetic relatives, the… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
I wanted to tell the story of these women and the war in the Congo and I couldn't find anything about them… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why I say we all need to work together to save the Congo forest, because if we don't… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
What are we going to say if tomorrow it occurs to some African state to send its agents into Mississippi and to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Shortly afterwards, it sounded as if the rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) were landing dangerously close - so close that I immediately dropped to… — samantha nutt Copy Share Image
“He [Stanley] had stated that he longed to do something wonderful for the African tribes along the Congo, and instead, as would… — Tim Jeal Copy Share Image
The world has done that already - possessed the Congo and pillaged her and dominated her and robbed her of agency and… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Congo, my country, has the largest forest in Africa, maybe the second-largest in the world. I was born in a forest area,… — Corneille Ewango Copy Share Image
“I wish I could write their individual stories in the book of our lives with indelible ink, because we cannot compel the… — Hemley Boum Copy Share Image
Helen Rosevere was a British medical missionary in the Congo years ago during an uprising. Her faith was strong and her trust… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
We are not held accountable for how the economy ravages Congo. Governments aren't held accountable for foreign policies that they exercise there.… — Anjan Sundaram Copy Share Image
“Hochschild insists on calling the EIC an example of “colonialism”, stretching the term beyond its meaning. European colonies were governed by and… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
What I really intend to achieve is to be that fly on the wall, and to try and observe as much as… — Anjan Sundaram Copy Share Image
I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
“Hochschild is correct that the demographer Léon de St. Moulin assayed the 50 percent decline possibility (in 1987 and 1990 works). But… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
“Most striking about the traditional societies of the Congo was their remarkable artwork: baskets, mats, pottery, copper and ironwork, and, above all,… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
“As for the claims by the Congolese historian Isidore Ndaywel è Nziem (“13 million killed” in 1998, then “5 to 10 million… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
Nothing is going to change in congo until you and i figure out what is wrong with the person inside the mirror — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Come Judgment Day, we may find that Mumbo Jumbo the God of the Congo was the Big Boss all along. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Ask anybody from Africa which country is the best in terms of dressing, and they'll tell you Congo. — Serge Ibaka Copy Share Image
When I was a boy we didn't wake up with Vietnam and have Cyprus for lunch and the Congo for dinner. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
All we hear about Africa in the West is Darfur, Zimbabwe, Congo, Somalia, as if that is all there is. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
The Congo Free State is unique in its kind. It has nothing to hide and no secrets and is not beholden to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The situation in Congo shows nothing for which you could hold Rwanda responsible. — Paul Kagame Copy Share Image
Congo is one of the least-developed countries in the world, and has millions of acres of virtually untouched forest. — Anderson Cooper Copy Share Image
“China has gone on a logging orgy outside its borders, often illegally, to procure logs from Indonesia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, and… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
The murder of Lumumba, in which the U.S. was involved, in the Congo destroyed Africa's major hope for development. Congo is now… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's actually an incredible amount of parallels between working in central Congo in a remote, isolated village and doing research aboard the… — Kathleen Rubins Copy Share Image
I was not very strong growing up, and my uncle used to look at me, like, This kid is not growing up,… — Dikembe Mutombo Copy Share Image
My favourite dish is from Congo, the native country of my father. It's called Poulet a la Dakatine and is made from… — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Copy Share Image
“A stable and prosperous DRC is the victory of the World. Congo is a deciding factor for Africa's development whether we like… — Dr Ahmed Padia Binkatabana Copy Share Image
If women are being oppressed in Egypt or children are being forced to join armies in the Congo, for example, it is… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
I see so many people get so wrapped up in wanting to get a bigger SUV or a bigger house. But then… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
“Adam Hochschild has enjoyed a long run of success with King Leopold’s Ghost, his distortionary 1998 tale about the État Indépendant du… — Bruce Gilley Copy Share Image
One of the matters that must be addressed is that Rwanda and Uganda have to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo.… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The reason we do activism is because, maybe you haven't been raped or abused, but there are millions of people who can't… — Rosario Dawson Copy Share Image
There is a structural difference between the way that Europe views Israel, and America views Israel. The European view is informed by… — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
However, I think, first of all, that what's happening in Sierra Leone is going to have the great influence on those governments… — Alex Morrison Copy Share Image
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