“The Italians of the South live, just as Africans do, on bread dipped in olive oil.”
Naples '44
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Dennis Miller (1953) American stand-up comedian, television host, and actor
28 June 2004.
Dennis Miller
“As the oil is in the olive, so is the teshuvah, repentance, hidden within sin.”
Martin Buber (1878–1965) German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian
Source: For The Sake of Heaven (1945), p. 44
“If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted them, Their Oil would become Tears.”
Mahmoud Darwich (1941–2008) Palestinian writer
“My fellow South Africans — the people of South Africa:
This is indeed a joyous night.”
Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist
1990s, Victory speech (1994)
Context: My fellow South Africans — the people of South Africa:
This is indeed a joyous night. Although not yet final, we have received the provisional results of the election, and are delighted by the overwhelming support for the African National Congress.
To all those in the African National Congress and the democratic movement who worked so hard these last few days and through these many decades, I thank you and honour you. To the people of South Africa and the world who are watching: this a joyous night for the human spirit. This is your victory too. You helped end apartheid, you stood with us through the transition.
“A pervasive moral turpitude underlies South African society.”
Jani Allan (1952) South African columnist and broadcaster
Speaking after her 1992 London court case [citation needed]
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Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
Thomas Jefferson, In Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies from the Papers of T. Jefferson (1829), Vol. 1, 144
Posthumous publications, On botany
Source: The Quotable Jefferson
“Our history is responsible for the differences in the South African way of life.”
P. W. Botha (1916–2006) South African prime minister
As cited in Dictionary of South African Quotations, Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books 1994, p. 183