The Chinese people have stood up.
Since then, China has embarked on the great path of rejuvenation.
How about Uganda’s fallen dictator, Idi Amin Dada.
I don’t really remember who he was talking to, but this line was something.
He summarized all dictatorship in one sentence.
“You have freedom of speech. But freedom after speech, that I can not guarantee.”
Jomo Kenyatta, the founding father of Kenya had made an iconic quote with regards to the colonization of Africa.
“When the Missionaries arrived, the Africans had the Land and the Missionaries had the Bible. They taught us how to pray with our eyes closed. When we opened them, they had the land and we had the Bible.”
Thinking on a broader note, this is exactly how colonization has worked in most parts of the world. Just the name of the book is subject to change from region to region.
“I am 25 years old and I have killed 309 fascist occupants by now. Don’t you think, gentlemen, that you have been hiding behind my back for too long?”
This follows with a thunderous applause and yes, this is from a lady.
Meet Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the world deadliest female sniper.
Despite being refused to join as a sniper and steered towards being a nurse at first, she persisted and was given an audition where she passed with ease.
Within her first 75 days as a sniper, while fighting in Odessa, Pavlichenko made 187 of her 309 total confirmed kills.
She became infamous amongst the Germans, who tried to convert her to their side via radio broadcasts, offering everything from an officership to – I kid you not – chocolates. At her refusal, the Germans threatened to tear her into 309 pieces. “
They even knew my score!” Pavlichenko later laughed. In only a year, Pavlichenko (now a lieutenant) had made 309 confirmed kills. The word “confirmed” is key: a kill could only be classified as such if it was witnessed by an independent third party. Which means that the real number of people Pavlichenko killed is likely far, far higher than 309.
She became the first Soviet citizen to visit the White House, where she met with President Franklin Roosevelt and first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt.
While travelling in the US giving speeches to urge men to support the second front, she famously said the above line.
