This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Zambian Nationalist and Politician
"Passive resistance is a sport for gentleman (and ladies) – just like the pursuit of war, a heroic enterprise for the ruling classes but a grievous burden for the rest."
"The moment you have protected an individual, you have protected society."
"War is just like bush-clearing – the moment you stop, the jungle comes back even thicker, but for a little while you can plant and grow a crop in the ground you have won at such a terrible cost."
"Ambition never comes to an end. "
"The power which establishes a state is violence; the power which maintains it is violence; the power which eventually overthrows it is violence."
"The inability of those in power to still the voices of their own consciences is the great force leading to change."