Quotes Library

September 19, 2025

Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen. I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe; I want ours to be a nation of gentlemen.

Robert Mugabe (1924–2019), African politician, prime minister of Zimbabwe, in Sunday Times, 26 February 1984, Jay p.267

Do you know why God gave cricket to the English? To teach them the meaning of eternity—the time that it takes for a typical cricket match.

Mr. Mugabe got over that plan pretty quickly.

July 24, 2025

7 months ago

Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.

July 5, 2025

8 months ago

There is but one way for a newspaperman to look at a politician, and that is down.

May 26, 2025

9 months ago

Don’t take a nickel, just hand them your business card.

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