The predominant yardstick of your government is not human rights but national interests. — Breyten Breytenbach Copy Share Image
It may be an extreme example brought about by abnormal circumstances - but the criteria of human rights kick in, surely, precisely when the… — Breyten Breytenbach Copy Share
It would be a tragic mistake for us out here to imagine that Bush represents the hearts and the minds of the majority of… — Breyten Breytenbach Copy Share
I think it's an area that one writes from that is curious because it is not a clearly defined partisan one. — Breyten Breytenbach Copy Share
The goal, I submit, is obvious: subjugating the world (which is barbarian, dangerous, envious and ungrateful) to US power for the sake of America's… — Breyten Breytenbach Copy Share
Better still - your history has shown how powerful a moral catharsis expressed through popular resistance to injustice can sometimes be; I have in… — Breyten Breytenbach Copy Share
The world, our world, has existed since night of time, yet every day we must recreate it. If we did not walk upon the… — Breyten Breytenbach Copy Share
Dangerous because your present Administration and its specialized agencies by all accounts know no restraint in hitting out at any perceived enemy of America,… — Breyten Breytenbach Copy Share
In dancing with the enemy one follows his steps even if counting under one's breath. — Breyten Breytenbach Copy Share
The predominant yardstick of your government is not human rights but national interests. — Breyten Breytenbach Copy Share
“And gradually we will rot like old ships or trees But keep Pain far from Me o Lord” — Breyten Breytenbach Copy Share
In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlight of an ostensible transparency, even though… — Breyten Breytenbach Copy Share
Leaving traces of ourselves, as in creative productivity, could then be seen as part of the definition of consciousness for us as well. We… — Breyten Breytenbach Copy Share
