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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.

January 21, 2025

2 years ago

The quality of legislation passed to deal with a problem is inversely proportional to the volume of media clamor that brought it on.

September 15, 2025

1 year ago

It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong—but that is the way to bet.

July 26, 2025

1 year ago

If politicians lived on praise and thanks they’d be forced into some other line of business.

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