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"Yes, those were terrible years. I was the editor of L'Unità and I think I can say that we kept the newspaper out of the judicial frenzy that was going on, even going against the arrest of Berlusconi's brother; this is because I find it difficult to accept the extension of preventive detention for those who have not committed acts against other people. I am convinced that corruption and the unscrupulous use of power should be strongly condemned: because yes, in those years the judges went beyond their boundaries, but then there was an unacceptable campaign against the magistrates; and for this reason, that period should not be repeated, in the sense of the use of judicial instruments (which, in my opinion, were disproportionate to the situation) and in the sense that the appalling corruption that this country has known and experienced, and which I cannot even say has completely ended, should not be repeated either."

"A parliamentary commission of inquiry into Tangentopoli would truly be a test not only for the majority but for the entire country. This would put an end to thinking in terms of opposition between the persecuted and the persecutors, and we would probably discover that there are many cheats."

"“It’s a partnership. When you have a partner, you have to breathe together, think together, practice together!"

"Alice Reyes’ other ‘wonderland’ Inquirer"

"In the United States, racism expressed as differentiation and exclusion (or worse!) of Native Americans, Chinese, Japanese, African Americans, Latinxs, or recent immigrants is part of the national DNA. Emerging from a settler-colonial project, the United States was built, first, on dispossession or extermination of Native Americans and, second, on the importation of Africans and breeding generations of their descendants to supply slave labor to work the appropriated lands. The racist system of the U.S. is cleverly hidden. The constitution does not mention slavery but embodies compromises between slaveholders and other stakeholders in the new government that were designed to ensure the survival and expansion of slavery. The New Deal looks like a boon for working-class Americans but it established lending practices that advantaged white people over African Americans for decades. The war on drugs of the 1990s, although it seems superficially colorblind, thinly veils racist assumptions about Black people and embodies punitive practices that result in seemingly rational mass incarceration and a growing private prison industry... Early slave rebellions engaged working whites as well. To break up that coalition, adjustments were made to privilege poor whites so as to enlist their help in subjugating Blacks... Reconstruction was replaced by a so-called Redemption movement, which re-enshrined white supremacy, often on the heels of terrorism by the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan (KKK)... No amount of good behavior by individuals of whatever “color” will, in and of itself, dismantle the fundamental, resilient system of racism in the U.S. The existence, complexity, and adaptive nature of the racist system must be recognized."

"We shall leave no stone unturned as we project more Women to professional limelight."

"Today, women now have opportunities to work across broad spectrum of engineering fields from construction to women in the kitchen and not on construction sites or behind the desk carrying out engineering designs."

"Today we are emphasising that children must be kept out of political spaces and protected from harm.we remind Ugandans that elections are a cornerstone of democracy and a moment to prioritise the well-being and rights of every child.Elections should never come at the expense of the safety and well-being of Uganda's children."

"Some children are ferried to campaign rallies after they get stuck.No one bothers to pick them back home."

"For power and place men may intrigue; but in order to have influence they must more or less deserve it. Power may, at certain times, in all countries perhaps, be acquired by favor; but influence is surely the result of public opinion and of general consideration."

"Here is no part of the costume where the natives shew such variety of taste as in the arranging of the hair. And this does not as far as I can see depend on religious distinction. Some cover the head with a load of folded cloth, others wear no covering on it, and have the hair cropped close. Some wear little caps and the hair reaching down to the shoulders, where it is cut square across. Others have a broad line shaven from the forehead to the nape of the neck, and others cut off the hair above the forehead from ear to ear. And it is not uncommon to see the whole head shaven except one long tuft on the crown. The Mussulmanns have generally fine beards. But the Hindoos almost always shave theirs."

"The children when very young go about absolutely naked with long hair, their ankles and wrists adorned with silver, tin or coloured glass. Up to ten or twelve, they wear only a waist-cloth and piece of cotton round their shoulders. At this age they are generally much disfigured but the collyrium which is applied within the eyelid and gives to the eyes for a long time a weak and bleared appearance. The swarms of children in every village are absolutely astounding, outdoing Ireland over and over."

"A great part of the population live entirely upon the water. Long, large, unwieldy boats thatched over, not an uncomfortable dwelling in a climate like this. An earthen fireplace for cooking, a very rude spinning wheel, a hutch for fowls, a fishing net and a few earthen cooking pots seem the sole furniture. I don’t know what becomes of the men belonging to these boats, for one seldom sees in them any but women and children. The women here row stoutly and the children are quite amphibious. It is strange to see the swarms of little things, dark and shining like tadpoles in the shallow water near the banks."

"I combine academics and entrepreneurship… Don’t spend your capital. Look for a need in the society. Try to fill the need. And that’s what I’ve done for business all my life."

"At the time I was doing my bakery, at the time I was printing, at the time I was trading, I was also consulting for the World Bank. I was consulting for the UN. So, none of those things suffered."

"We felt that we are not just an oil and gas company. But rather, we are an energy company. We are an integrated energy company."

"this terminal [will] open up for those stranded fields that will easily increase the production of the country by 200,000, 300,000 barrels per day."

"It is to foster price stability and a sound financial system in support of socio-economic transformation."

"We want to ensure that prices are stable to crowd-in people to come and invest in your financial system ."

"Stay the course.Stay the course.Stay the course."

"Don't think you have arrived because there is going to be a stiff competition going forward, going forward."

"Decisive action is important,but so is effective communication.Because you are doing things that you've not done before,you need the market to know what you're doing,so that they know they're not put in some kind of suspense."

"The division of the Indians into casts is the cause of great inconveniences and expense to the English, as it obliges them to hire three times the number of servants which would otherwise be necessary; for none of them, even on the greatest emergency, will perform the most trifling office which does not belong to their particular cast. The first servant is called a Banian; he is at the head of all the business, but if it considerable, he has two or three Banians or Sarcars, under him. The next is a Butler Connah Sarcar; his office is to take an account of all the money expended for provisions, to pay the butchers, bakers, &c. and answers to a clerk of the kitchen; the next is a Consummah, who is the house keeper, he has under him a compradore, who goes to market: the compradore buys all small articles for the table, and gives his account to the butler connah sarcar: the next is a butler, who is an assistant to the consummah. The other servants, who wait at table, or take care of a gentleman’s cloaths, &c. are called kissmagars. The Peadars usually called Peons run before your palenqueen and carry messages. The bearers are the chairmen, it is necessary for every person in a family to have six or eight of them, the lower casts of bearers take their turn to carry the mussall [torch] before the palenqueen; but the superior casts who are cleaner and more creditable will not condescend to touch it, therefore to every set of bearers it is necessary to have at least two boys of a low cast called Mussall Chies. The bearers business, besides carrying the palenqueen, is to bring water to wash after dinner, &c. one brings an ewer with water, and pours it over your hands, another gives a towel, but it must be a Mussall Chie, or a slave, who holds the chillumchee, for the bearer would be disgraced by touching any thing which contains the water after one has washed with it. A cook in a family will have at least one assistant, if not more, and every horse you keep must have a scice, and a grass cutter. The hooker badar will do nothing but dress a hooker and attend his master while he smokes it. These servants all are men; and often the only woman in a family is a Matrannee, a Hallicore, who sweeps the rooms, and does all the dirty offices which the others will not condescend to."

"The servants who attend in a lady’s apartment are generally slave girls, or Portuguese women; and the nurses for children are Portuguese. The gardeners are called Mollies; like all the other people, many hands do but little work; the men who bring water for the gardens, and other purposes, are called Busties; they carry the water in large leathern bags slung over their backs, at one corner of which there is a sort of spout, which they bring under the right arm; by that means they water the gardens, and throw it whenever else it is necessary. The taylors who make your linen are monthly servants; the slowness of these men can be equalled by nothing but their stupidity. All the linen is washed by men who are paid by the month. The Derwan’s business is to stand at the outward door, to announce visitors; but they are not generally kept, as a Peon, or Chubdar, will do that office."

"Chubdar are men who carry a long silver stick, and do nothing but go before palenqueen, carry messages, or announce visitors. Keeping Chubdars is a piece of state allowed by the black people only to officers of dignity in the state; and by the English is confined to the council and filed officers. The Banian’s wage is the most considerable, and depends on the situation of his master. The wages of the other servants differ according to their quality: a Consummah, Cook, &c. have thirty, twenty, or ten rupees a month; the others less; and some of the lowest order not more than three or four rupees. None of the servants ever eat, drink, or sleep in their master’s house; nor will either Hindoos or Mahomedans eat of any thing which goes from their master’s table. It is impossible to avoid inconvenience of a multitude of servants; for if you lessen the number but one, they have a thousand tricks to distress you; and from your head Banian to the lowest Mussall Chie in your family, all are combined to oblige you to keep the number which they deem proportioned to your rank."

"O luctum atque lamentum! nudati sunt mortui. horum carnes vultur, corvus, lupus vorant acriter; orrent, carent sepulturis, vanum iacet cadaver."

"Ploratum et ululatum nec describo amplius; unusquique quantum potest restringatque lacrimas; pro illorum animabus deprecemur dominum."

"In the academy of men of letters which rendered Charlemagne's court illustrious Angilbert was known as Homer, and portions of his works, still extant, show that his skill in verse was considerable."

"Radiant and paradoxical is the subject matter of the present festival [Christmas]: radiant, because it has brought salvation to all men; paradoxical, because it ran counter to nature's law. For nature no longer acknowledges a virgin after childbirth, but grace] made her parent and kept her virgin; grace made her a mother and did not violate her virginity...O earth unsown that flowered forth fruit that saves! O Virgin who surpasses Eden's garden if delights!...The Virgin is made more glorious than paradise. For paradise was cultivated by God; but Mary cultivated God Himslef according to the flesh, willing as He did to be united to human's nature."

"In place of the virgin Eve, mediatrix of death, a virgin has been filled with God's grace to be the minister of life; a virgin has been fashioned possessing the nature of a woman, but without part in her fault (malice); a virgin, innocent, without blemish, all-immaculate, inviolate, spotless, holy in soul and body, who has blossomed as a lily from among thorns, unlearned in the evil ways of Eve...When yet unborn she was consecrated to God, and when born was offered to God as a sign of gratitude...Clothed with a divine grace as with a garment, her soul filled with a wisdom divine, in heart wedded to God, she received God in her womb, [she who is] in fact the Mother of God..."

"It has been said that Saint Januarius is the soul of Naples. One could say even more. Saint Januarius is the sentiment of a people who, despite the defeats, disappointments, and bitterness suffered throughout their long and painful history, still find the strength to hope, to fight, and to live."

"The miracle of San Gennaro has always been and will continue to be for a long time to come a major event for the great family of the Neapolitan people. All the governments that have ruled over that land, where it is easier to tyrannize men than to emancipate them, know this."

"Indeed I have all and abound. I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things sent from you, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God."

"The Neapolitan is outside history; or rather, he has been so deeply involved in it and so mistreated, mocked, and ridiculed that he has ended up stepping out of time, creating his own eternal environment dominated, of course, by Saint Januarius and the Kabbalah. What else could he do with his problems unresolved and postponed indefinitely?"

"With the kings, their heirs, relatives, in-laws, and friends discarded, the Neapolitans were left with their patron saint, in the very sense of a father from whom they could hope not for miracles, but for bread in the wild. From this legitimate desire to "a barbaric cult of blood." There is a big difference. San Gennaro, largely manipulated by the clergy to keep the unwary in check, became a weapon of blackmail in their hands in the unyielding hope of taming those who had and could."

"At the top of all the saints in Naples is he, Saint Januarius of the blood. If Naples is a “city of blood,” an “ir haddammìm” as we read in the sacred stories about Nineveh and Jerusalem, it is thanks to him. [...] He, Saint Gennaro of the blood, known in the dialect as simply “sangennà,” is the fertility of the sacred in the middle of the Gulf of Naples, the menstruation of the sky that must flow and give power to women, to the soil, to the sea, to the red sauce of tomatoes and fish that makes up the soup of our own blood."

"I know that the religious sentiment of our people is often, and wrongly, labeled as colorful folklore, in which legend and magic, sacred and profane, merge in our millennial history, which, in the eyes of cold secularism, appears incapable of distinguishing superstition from faith. It is true that much superstition still creeps into the authentic Christian message, but I believe that superstition should not be confused with popular piety. This people, who, since the first liquefaction of blood, have taken St. Januarius as the protector of their city, know how to grasp, in the manifestation of the miracle, the profound meaning of faith: the hope of resurrection. It is an inexpressible mystery which, in order to be conceived, requires symbols capable of representing the link between pain and redemption. The blood that has miraculously come back to life is a sign that refers to the immortality of the soul, to life beyond death, to the resurrection of the flesh."

"That blessed Blood remains frozen and hard all year round, as if it were stone, and then, on the first Saturday of May, it is brought in procession to collide with the Head, whereupon it liquefies and turns red, so that it seems to have just flowed from a vein, and it is considered a bad omen in Naples every time this miraculous effect does not occur, as it has been observed that some kind of misfortune always befalls the city, as if that saint took the city of Naples under his protection and, foreseeing its misfortunes, signaled them in this way."

"Homage to thee, Osiris, Lord of eternity, King of the Gods, whose names are manifold, whose forms are holy, thou being of hidden form in the temples, whose Ka is holy."

"Thou [Osiris] art the Great Chief, the first among thy brethren, the Prince of the Company of the Gods, the stablisher of Right and Truth throughout the World, the Son who was set on the great throne of his father Keb. Thou art the beloved of thy mother Nut, the mighty one of valour, who overthrew the Sebau-fiend. Thou didst stand up and smite thine enemy, and set thy fear in thine adversary. Thou dost bring the boundaries of the mountains. Thy heart is fixed (or, determined), thy legs are set firm. Thou art the heir of Keb and of the sovereignty of the Two Lands (Egypt). He (Keb) hath seen his splendours, he hath decreed for him the guidance of the world by thy hand as long as times endure. Thou hast made this earth with thy hand, and the waters, and the winds, and the vegetation, and all the cattle, and all the feathered fowl, and all the fish, and all the creeping things, and all the wild animals thereof. The desert is the lawful possession of the son of Nut. The Two Lands (Egypt) are content to crown thee upon the throne of thy father, like Ra."

"Beneficent in command and word was Isis, the woman of magical spells, the advocate of her brother. She sought him untiringly, she wandered round and round about this earth in sorrow, and she alighted not without finding him. She made light (or, air) with her feathers, she created air with her wings, and she uttered the death wail for her brother. She raised up the inactive members of him whose heart was still, she drew from him his essence, she made an heir, she reared the child in loneliness, and the place where he was not known, and he grew in strength and stature, and his hand was mighty in the House of Keb. The Company of the Gods rejoiced, rejoiced at the coming of Horus, the son of Osiris, whose heart was firm, the triumphant, the son of Isis, the heir of Osiris."

"I like the stories where the weak and the small win—and not through brute force, but through their wits and intelligence. Remember that my audience is made up of those who are weak and small."

"I transitioned into the field of education with the mission of bridging the communication gaps that often exist around technology."

"The best way to handle doubt is to try out those things you are scared of by starting small. When you try and see the result, it fuels your conviction, you learn, and it helps you improve. Adversity is a faith and muscle builder; it makes you stronger and forces you out of your comfort zone. So, I welcome it with an open mind and see it as an opportunity to learn and create value."

"So, I was convinced that Shuttlers would work, even though everyone around me had doubts. They tried convincing me otherwise, but I didn’t listen. I had a clear conviction that Shuttlers was the way to go."

"We can find a cure for HIV/AIDS. In Uganda, we are not short of brains, we are not short of ideas, we are just short of funding. We’re always limping. And it needs to stop."

"What we do in Uganda, and what affects people in Uganda, will eventually affect you, no matter where you live. If you have a long vision, you should be able to see this, but some people don’t."

"HIV/AIDS is a global concern, not only an African problem."

"Without any doubt, this honorary degree will increase the visibility of the work that we are doing at JCRC."

"This is an individual honour, but I don’t work alone. I work with a team and so this will exponentially increase the visibility of what we are doing to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic."