All Quotes

"There is work that profits children, and there is work that brings profit only to employers. The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work."

"While photographs may not lie, liars may photograph."

"If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t have to lug a camera."

"There is an international position at the United Nations level about crimes of genocide committed by any community however that the community may be, whether it may be a small community or a big community irrespective color and gender and so on. And there are clear evidence that Germany’s colonial troops in Namibia committed actions of genocide in Namibia and because of that there is a need for reparations."

"I respect to say injustice does not know time period; injustice remains injustice. Crime has got no limitation. The people who committed crimes against the Jews during the Second World War under Adolf Hitler, today they are still being brought to justice. The trauma of the injustice committed against the victims of genocide in Namibia they are still permeating, they are still playing themselves today in post-independent Namibia. So injustice does have time limitation. Anybody who have committed injustice must account irrespective of time."

"The policy of reconciliation does not suggest that those who have committed any atrocities in the past against the Namibian people should not account or should not apologize for atrocities committed. We can forgive, but we should not forget. We should not forget. We should not forget the atrocities committed against the people because we are still daily reminded of the legacy of these atrocities."

"I am not ungrateful the aid which Germany is giving to this country. That one is highly appreciated. But I am saying that let us realize the frustration; let us see the temperament, the mood, the feelings of those who are not in a privileged position either in general or near. This is what I’m appealing. I’m not making a threat against anybody. I’m saying that let us wake up for a cause, and let us respond."

"In a democracy like ours, elections belong to citizens, not the government and its institutions. Government institutions conduct elections on behalf of the people."

"We used to say to our donors, ‘help us to help ourselves, and the more you help us, the sooner you will get rid of us"

"We, the young people, wished to see Batswana acting as a country at the end of the colonial era, not as tribes. This is what caused two colleagues and I to want to start a paper [in 1954]. It was not money, or politics. We were reading African Advisory Council minutes and seeing that the Chiefs wanted to be big fish in small ponds."

"The old order must give way before it corrupted the new"

"Bad governance doesn’t just undermine service delivery, it retards development, and it also drives violence"

"Corruption imposes heavy costs on the country and distorts development policies. It hurts the poor disproportionately by diverting funds intended for development. It undermines government’s ability to provide essential services. It fuels inequality and injustice and discourages foreign investment"

"Even as we have differed among ourselves over the course of 11 general elections, we have, nonetheless, continued to travel together towards our common destiny. I pray that that which divides us as Batswana will, therefore, continue to be less than that which joins us as a nation that is proudly united in its diversity. In this way, our differences of political perspective will remain a source of our governing strength."

"A revolution happens when you lose confidence in a government and there is no alternative"

"We are hurting. Gomolemo was my friend. As a consequence of that friendship, some in my party [The ruling Botswana Democratic Party] suspected I was also a member of his party [the Botswana Movement for Democracy] The Lord gave and Lord has taken."

"Being a catechist is a vocation. Catechists are called to discern and reflect on their own vocation, they are called to commit themselves in a serious and coherent way since the faithful look to them as examples to follow."

"Soccer became my escape and comfort."

"Football teaches you how to behave on and off the field."

"As long as I keep going, nothing will stop me."

"I am the Bishop of Bameng, either I preside or I'll go and be a farmer for the rest of my life."

"Pressure is a privilege, and when our backs are against the wall, that is when we perform."

"I tell people I am a full-time worker and a part-time footballer. A lot of us have to take unpaid leave to play matches. But come game day you would never say we are not full-time players."

"The field wasn’t the greatest. The fact that they thought it was OK for us to play on it, was something we were not happy with. It was just about us being respected as athletes."

"What was beautiful was that we stood together and we knew what we were fighting for. We fought 23-strong. We knew if we stuck together no one could break us and that translated on to the field. Our bond is the strongest it’s ever been."

"We were so tired of being stepped on and not being heard."

"Like I said previously, I’ve worked hard to be where I am and I think my confidence grew and I show up every day and gave maximum effort."

"In days of yore, there reigned in the extenfive and populous empire of Hindoostan, emblematic of Paradise, a Sovereign who, like the universe-illuming Sun, comprised the world within the beams of his dominion; and who, by the rays of the lamp of his impartial justice, enlightened the gloom of the earth."

"The lady, on hearing this melody, like the nightingale, having expanded the wings of curiosity in search of this flower of the garden of beauty, drew the veil of purity from the face of her condition, and deviating from the centre of innocence, ran heedless into the four quarters of guilt. In order to attain the means of gratifying her wishes, she requested help from the favourite attendants on the carpet of her confidence. As this affair, on account of the negligence of agents, did not receive speedy conclusion, and the season of desire was extended to intolerable length, the fire of love (having blazed from the grate of her heart,) charmed her, like the moth, into the flame of impatience."

"Love is a precious gem, which, like the rays of the sun, to shut up in the obscurity of secrecy, is out of the circle of possibility."

"Are the Tales of , said to be translated by Colonel Dow, genuine, or not? They certainly are. The original work is called the , or . Colonel Dow has not translated above one third part of it. The avidity with which the English translation and French retranslation have been bought up, might encourage some ingenious orientalist to give the remainder of these tales an European dress."

"At the end of the day, we have to choose our hard"

"If you're abducted for speaking truth to power, if you're in prison for speaking truth to power, it's hard, but if you're waking up and you're living a life, a shell of a life that is limited in opportunity and possibility, that is also hard."

"I am who I am because I belong to a successful team and network of people who have taught me authenticity, empathy, service, hope, and courage are important virtues"

"Democracy will not die!"

"Our faith and hope in democracy are cemented by our actions today!"

"Peace to me, means both the absence of direct violence as well as building sufficient social, economic, and political infrastructure that supports sustainable positive peace."

"Those who organise war and violence are very deliberate and intentional"

"Peace means that there is access to opportunity, reduced inequality, and systems that advance human potential through human capital development"

"Young people can play a positive role in peacebuilding"

"Therefore, young people can not only be bystanders in peace processes but active leaders and decision-makers"

"There is a need for youth-friendly, feminist, pan-African, and intersectional funding reforms that must happen to ensure addressing global injustices in philanthropy and funding"

"Additionally, the struggle for a better Africa would be more centered around Africans if Africans fund their own struggle"

"Older and younger generations have to participate at all levels of peace initiatives, from project management to project implementation"

"The rights of youth must be respected; intimidation, imprisonment, and all human rights violations must stop to ensure youth feel safe to show up and participate"

"Teaching youth to participate is the most important thing today"

"Youth think that not voting is a protest and are not aware of how politics and decision-making processes affect their social and economic lifestyles"

"Youth must act, or they risk being acted upon"

"Youth must organise to claim space and power"

"Young people feel disenfranchised from the country's economic activities"