“Britain has handled us and the question of our independence not in our interest, but in hers. … (We) have been part of a barter deal with the U.S.A.; part of the price paid for the U.S. government’s defense of Empire interests.”

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“In my country, a microcosm of today’s world, successive U.S. and U.K. governments have achieved their purpose by force, fraud and rigged elections.”
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“It matters not what a person is born, but who they choose to be.”
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“The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.”
“We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.”
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“Every man dies – Not every man really lives.”
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“Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.”
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“Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.”
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Caption: Dr Cheddi Jagan (Graphics Cheddi)

“It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you place the blame.”
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“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief…and unspeakable love.”
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“The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.”
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“ Some .. see things that are … and ask why ? I Dream things that never were … and ask Why Not! ”