In dancing with the enemy one follows his steps even if counting under one's breath.
More Quotes from Breyten Breytenbach:
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 interests.Breyten Breytenbach
I think it's an area that one writes from that is curious because it is not a clearly defined partisan one.
Breyten Breytenbach
It may be an extreme example brought about by abnormal circumstances - but the criteria of human rights kick in, surely, precisely when the conditions are extreme and the situation is abnormal.
Breyten Breytenbach
The predominant yardstick of your government is not human rights but national interests.
Breyten Breytenbach
Better still - your history has shown how powerful a moral catharsis expressed through popular resistance to injustice can sometimes be; I have in mind the grassroots opposition to the Vietnam War.
Breyten Breytenbach
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Enemy QuotesThe world loves to be deceived.
Sebastian Franck
A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.
Harvey S. Firestone