“If we don't put our foot down, they will release every man and his dog.”
Frank Bainimarama (1954) Prime Minister of Fiji
(Criticizing the government's policy of releasing persons sentenced for involvement in the 2000 coup).
2000
“In a parched African landscape like this at Omo, man first put his foot to the ground. That seems a pedestrian way to begin the ascent of man.”
Episode 1: "Lower than the Angels"
The Ascent of Man (1973)
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“Not now. Love itself a flower
with roots in a parched ground.”
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Context: Not now. Love itself a flower
with roots in a parched ground.
Empty pockets make empty heads.
Cure it if you can but
do not believe that we can live
today in the country
for the country will bring us
no peace.
