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Ryszard Kapuscinski quotes

Polish Journalist March 4, 1932 – January 23, 2007

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Ryszard Kapuscinski quote: "People were really interested in what was going on because of..."
People were really interested in what was going on because of the international context of the Cold War. Ryszard Kapuscinski
There is a lack of critical assessment of the past. But you have to understand that the current ruling elite is actually the old ruling elite. So they are incapable of a self-critical approach to the past. Ryszard Kapuscinski
The Cold War in Africa is one of the darkest, most disgraceful pages in contemporary history, and everybody ought to be ashamed. Ryszard Kapuscinski
Ryszard Kapuscinski quote: "if reason ruled the world would history even exist?"
if reason ruled the world would history even exist? Ryszard Kapuscinski
Do not be misled by the fact that you are at liberty and relatively free; that for the moment you are not under lock and key: you have simply been granted a reprieve. Ryszard Kapuscinski
Ryszard Kapuscinski quote: "Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives."
Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives. Ryszard Kapuscinski
Ryszard Kapuscinski quote: "The extent of one man's guilt may be defined by how much of it..."
The extent of one man's guilt may be defined by how much of it is experienced by the party he injured. Ryszard Kapuscinski
Ryszard Kapuscinski quote: "Our salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we'll..."
Our salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we'll never achieve. Ryszard Kapuscinski
Ryszard Kapuscinski quote: "I'm trying to put more elements of the essay into my writing."
I'm trying to put more elements of the essay into my writing. Ryszard Kapuscinski
The Cold War was waged in a particularly brutal and cynical way in Africa, and Africa seemed powerless to do anything to stop it. Ryszard Kapuscinski
In modern Russia, you have no official, formal assessment of this past. Nobody in any Russian document has said that the policy of the Soviet government was criminal, that it was terrible. No one has ever said this. Ryszard Kapuscinski
I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I was the only correspondent there at all for three months. Ryszard Kapuscinski
In the Russian experience, although the Russian state is oppressive, it is their state, it is part of their fabric, and so the relation between Russian citizens and their state is complicated. Ryszard Kapuscinski
Ryszard Kapuscinski quote: "I'll tell you what colonial experience is."
I'll tell you what colonial experience is. Ryszard Kapuscinski
Ryszard Kapuscinski quote: "We have such a mixture now, such a fusion of different genres."
We have such a mixture now, such a fusion of different genres. Ryszard Kapuscinski

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