An Open Letter To The Leader Of The Opposition “If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky “It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make [...]
What’s all this fuss about arresting the General? He’s an ingrate and a traitor, we’re told, and, worse still, he doesn’t have the basic decency to accept defeat disgracefully. He has claimed that the election was rigged and that Tamil IDPs were denied their right to vote. How is this relevant? The best man won [...]
“Military justice is to justice what military music is to music” — Groucho Marx “The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations” — David Friedman “It takes fifteen thousand casualties to train a major-general” — Ferdinand Foch “After each [...]
“(The) Sri Lankan government has taken measures to establish a space agency in Sri Lanka to improve the telecommunication technology in the country. Director General of the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, Priyantha Kariyapperuma said that the preliminary assessments have already been made to explore the feasibility, state-owned Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation said.” — Dec 16, 2009 [...]
“In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics.’ All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.” George Orwell “Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.” George Orwell “People sleep peaceably in their beds at night [...]
“Naturally the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist [...]
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