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 7, 2025

1 year ago

Men on white horses armed with simple solutions are the answer when people decide they’ve had enough of “politics as usual.”

March 6, 2025

1 year ago

Democracy is rarely beautiful in its workings, for the many refuse to be refined, restrained, and artistic.

December 25, 2025

7 months ago

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

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