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.

March 14, 2025

1 year ago

[Of political life] The hatreds which sound so real when you read the words, which look so true when you see their scornful attitudes

February 14, 2025

1 year ago

Whatever else may be shaken, there are some facts established beyond warring; for virtue is better than vice

November 4, 2025

9 months ago

If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master.

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