Quote by James A. Michener Download Open image ““The Boer nation had become a theocracy, and would so remain. General”” — James A. Michener ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“would rather die a free man than live as a slave to a theocracy, beneath a puppet king who has less faith than I… — David Dalglish Copy Share Image
“The sanest judgment that can be passed on the genesis of this terrible war between two groups of friends is that it was the… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“We were the Bechuanaland Protectorate then, and the British ran our country, to protect us from the Boers (or that is what they said). There was a Commissioner down in Mafikeng, over the border into South Africa, and he would come up the road and speak to the chiefs. He would say: "You do this thing; you do that thing."… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share
“To conclude this personal note, I, William Joyce, will merely say that I left England because I would not fight for Jewry against the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The Apartheid system has systematically infiltrated the struggle and eliminating our heroes, and chose their own preferred candidates to lead us” — Thabiso Monkoe Copy Share Image
“The Apartheid system has systematically infiltrated the struggle, eliminating our heroes, and choosing their own preferred candidates to lead us” — Thabiso Monkoe Copy Share Image
“I had long since realised that if there was greatness in Britain, then it lay in its everyday citizens, and not in its institutions.” — Nikesh Shukla Copy Share Image
“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations get corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.” — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Was there really something to the obsolete idea of a national character? Some countries just changed tyrants, without changing anything else.” — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
“Pick one. A theocracy ruled by witchburners. Or a fascist socialism designed by schoolboys. Or a crowd of hard-boiled pragmatists who favor shooting the… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“Africa must remain on the path of democracy. But democracy MUST also remain about the PEOPLE, not about power” — Fela Durotoye Copy Share Image
“[Very rich people] with brains make a great effort to hold on to every penny they have while preaching to the general population that… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
A writer can make a fortune in America, but he can't make a living. — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
As a writer I have persisted in my uncertainty, alternating between novels which could charitably be considered literature and world reporting which by another… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
. . . Luddites were those frenzied traditionalists of the early 19th century who toured [England] wrecking new weaving machines on the theory that… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
I am terrified of restrictive religious doctrine, having learned from history that when men who adhere to any form of it are in control,… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“This is not a promise, this is not threat, it's just the way it's gonna be!!!” — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“We went into the night and for the first time in my life I saw the stars hanging low over the desert, for the… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
The rules seem to be these: If you have written a successful novel, everyone invites you to write short stories. If you have written… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“A Roman came to Rabbi Gimzo the Water Carrier, and asked, "What is this study of the law that you Jews engage in?" and… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want to do and how you fit in. What somebody… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“The chance emergence of the was nothing. Remember this. But its persistence and patient accumulation of stature were everything. Only by relentless effort did… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
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