“A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top.”
“The lion does not care about a monkey laughing at him from a tree.”
Saddam Hussein, Defiant Dictator Who Ruled Iraq With Violence and Fear, Dies http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/30/world/middleeast/30saddam.html (The New York Times, 30 December 2006, page A10)
In response to guffaws from a spectator in an overhead gallery during his trial, 2006.
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The Lover of God's Law Filled with Peace (January 1888) http://www.spurgeongems.org/vols34-36/chs2004.pdf
“The wise lamb does not enrage the lion, it placates him, plays for time, and hopes for the best.”
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), Ch 21 - p.213 [Zellaby]
“… and we are in bed together
laughing
and we don’t care
about anything.”
“The National Party does not care about people, it only cares about power.”
Rand Daily Mail, (2 February 1981)
Parliament (1974-1991)
Source: http://www.samedia.uovs.ac.za/cgi-bin/getpdf?id=2000874
Source: Défense des Lettres [In Defense of Letters] (1937), p. 42