Julius Quotes - Page 2

• The African is not 'Communistic' in his thinking; he is -- if I may coin an expression - 'communitary'.

  Julius Nyerere

  Thinking, Expression, Coins

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• I only debate with serious political youth formations. Not a group of the racist Helen Zille's garden boys.

  Julius Malema

  Boys, Garden, Political

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• Let me have men about me that are fat, Sleek-headed-men, and such as sleep o'nights; Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; he thinks too much; such men are dangerous.

  Julius Caesar

  Funny, Sleep, Night

  Julius Caesar act 1, sc. 2, l. 191 (1599) See Plutarch 2

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• We spoke and acted as if, given the opportunity for self-government, we would quickly create utopias. Instead injustice, even tyranny, is rampant.

  Julius Nyerere

  Opportunity, Government, Self

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• If a door is shut, attempts should be made to open it; if it is ajar, it should be pushed until it is wide open. In neither case should the door be blown up at the expense of those inside.

  Julius Nyerere

  Doors, Made, Should

  Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1969). “Stability and Change in Africa”

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• As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.

  Julius Caesar

  Positive Thinking, Men, Worry

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• We, in Africa, have no more need of being 'converted' to socialism than we have of being 'taught' democracy. Both are rooted in our past -- in the traditional society which produced us.

  Julius Nyerere

  Past, Democracy, Needs

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• For Brutus is an honourable man;
  So are they all, all honourable men.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Men, Brutus

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [79]

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• His life was gentle; and the elements So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN!

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Men, Eulogy

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 5, sc. 5, l. 68

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• Men at some time are masters of their fates.

  William Shakespeare

  Fate, Men, Cassius

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 1, sc. 2, l. 134

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  If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.

  Julius Caesar

  Military, Bad Ass, Law

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• If real development is to take place, the people have to be involved.

  Julius Nyerere

  Real, People, Development

  Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1974). “Man and Development: Binadamu Na Maendeleó”

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• You can arrest me, but you can't arrest my ideas.

  Julius Malema

  Ideas

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• We must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

  William Shakespeare

  Opportunity, Sea Voyage, Venture

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 215

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• It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.

  Julius Caesar

  Patience, Pain, Bad Ass

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• African nationalism is meaningless, dangerous, anachronistic, if it is not, at the same time, pan-Africanism.

  Julius Nyerere

  Patriotism, Dangerous, Africanism

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• Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.

  Julius Caesar

  Life, Clever, Believe

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• O Judgment ! Thou art fled to brutish beasts, and men have lost their reason !

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Men, Beast

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [110]

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• In Tanzania, it was more than one hundred tribal units which lost their freedom; it was one nation that regained it.

  Julius Nyerere

  Tanzania, Lost, Hundred

  Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1974). “Man and Development: Binadamu Na Maendeleó”

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• Men willingly believe what they wish.

  Julius Caesar

  Believe, Ignorance, Men

  Julius Caesar “Commentaries on the Gallic Wars”, Gottfried & Fritz

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• Which death is preferably to every other? 'The unexpected'.

  Julius Caesar

  Death, Unexpected, Surprise

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• Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish.

  Julius Caesar

  Military, Believe, Men

  De Bello Gallico bk. 3, sec. 18.

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• Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot. Take thou what course thou wilt.

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Work, Plebeians

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [265]

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• But I am constant as the Northern Star, Of whose true fixed and resting quality There is no fellow in the firmament.

  William Shakespeare

  Stars, Quality, Firmament

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 1, l. 59

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• Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.

  Julius Caesar

  Moving On, Death, Wisdom

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