I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it.
The inability of those in power to still the voices of their own consciences is the great force leading to change.
The power which establishes a state is violence; the power which maintains it is violence; the power which eventually overthrows it is violence.
This great son of the world, Madiba, showed us the way. Whether you are white, black yellow or brown you are all God's children, come together, work together and God will show you the way.
Some people draw a comforting distinction between force and violence. I refuse to cloud the issue by such word-play. The power which establishes a state is violence; the power which maintains it is violence; the power which eventually overthrows it is violence. Call an elephant a rabbit only if it gives you comfort to feel that you are about to be trampled to death by a rabbit.
The moment you have protected an individual, you have protected society.
People see him as a hero. Not just in Zimbabwe or here in Zambia but across the whole of southern Africa. It's no good demonising Robert Mugabe.
Writing checks for charities is necessary and important. But it can't compare with corporal works of mercy, which are infinitely greater.
The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
The form is the possibility of the structure.
If I have a problem with someone I talk about them. I don't pick on their kids.