Breyten Breytenbach Inspirational Quotes (6)

In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlight of an ostensible transparency, even though the ultimate objective is clear.

The world, our world, has existed since night of time, yet every day we must recreate it. If we did not walk upon the earth, it would not exist.

Better still - your history has shown how powerful a moral catharsis expressed through popular resistance to injustice can sometimes be I have in mind the grassroots opposition to the Vietnam War.

Americans have mastered the art of living with the unacceptable.

Even ivory towers need central heating.

I came, I saw, I was confused.