In a democracy - even if it is a so-called democracy like our white-?litist one - the greatest veneration one can show the rule of law is to keep a watch on it, and to reserve the right to judge unjust laws and the subversion of the function of the law by the power of the state. That vigilance is the most important proof of respect for the law.
Time is change; we measure its passage by how much things alter. - Nadine Gordimer
Time is change; we measure its passage by how much things alter.
- Nadine Gordimer
A truly living human being cannot remain neutral. - Nadine Gordimer
A truly living human being cannot remain neutral.
Keenness of hearing revives when one is alone. - Nadine Gordimer
Keenness of hearing revives when one is alone.
I cannot live with someone who can't live without me. - Nadine Gordimer
I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.
People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped. - Nadine Gordimer
People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.
The facts are always less than what really happened. - Nadine Gordimer
The facts are always less than what really happened.
I have learned since that sometimes the things we want most are impossible for us. You may long to come home, yet wander forever. - Nadine Gordimer
I have learned since that sometimes the things we want most are impossible for us. You may long to come home, yet wander forever.
I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid. - Nadine Gordimer
I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid.
Books dont need batteries - Nadine Gordimer
Books dont need batteries
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