All Ryszard Kapuscinski Quotes
- A population weakened and exhausted by battling against so many obstacles - whose needs are never satisfied and desires never fulfilled - is vulnerable to… Absorbing
- How do cultures differ from one another? Above all, in their customs. Tell me how you dress, how you act, what are your habits, which… Act
- My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading… Combination
- First you destroy those who create values. Then you destroy those who know what the values are, and who also know that those destroyed before… Any
- When is a crisis reached? When questions arise that can't be answered. Answered
- In the Russian experience, although the Russian state is oppressive, it is their state, it is part of their fabric, and so the relation between… Citizens
- Amin is the shame of the whole world. The fact that he managed to rule so long and commit so many crimes was only possible… Amin
- I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I was the only correspondent there at all for three months. All
- Do not be misled by the fact that you are at liberty and relatively free; that for the moment you are not under lock and… Been
- More than anything, one is struck by the light. Light everywhere. Brightness everywhere. Everywhere, the sun. Anything One
- He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because he feared they… Afraid
- Although a system may cease to exist in the legal sense or as a structure of power, its values (or anti-values), its philosophy, its teachings… Anti
- Amin hid nothing. Everybody knew everything. Yet the American Senate only introduced a resolution breaking off trade with Amin three months before his overthrow. American
- This is the most intimate relationship between literature and its readers: they treat the text as a part of themselves, as a possession. Intimate
- The Cold War was waged in a particularly brutal and cynical way in Africa, and Africa seemed powerless to do anything to stop it. Africa
- Photographing expresses human desire to preserve passing time. It is like a man struggling with time that elapses, and in general - a desire to… Desire
- There are several reasons why Russians view the oppressive state positively. First, in the Russian Orthodox religion, there is an understanding of authority as something… Authority
- Our job is like a baker's work - his rolls are tasty as long as they're fresh; after two days they're stale; after a week,… Bakers
- Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and… Amin
- In the First World War, there was the sudden passion of nationalism, and the killing took place because of these emotions. But the Soviet case… Case