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It is a monumental defeat for the government.

— David Coltart

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The most corrupt are those who speak against corruption.

This is either a snub to Mbeki or an indication South Africa is complicit.

He's been trying to create the conditions necessary for a state of emergency because that's the only way he can postpone this election.

My case is different because of the type of electorate in my constituency. They have been supportive all along.

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Ill can he rule the great, that cannot reach the small.

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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

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Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.

Leon Trotsky The Revolution Betrayed (1936)

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

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