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Mugabe's become a disgrace to Africa. And I must say this because I am an African and a lot of us looked up to him back in the 1980s when he was the liberation hero. But he's now turned himself into a murderous despot.


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GEORGE FOREMAN I hope to have one more boxing match at the age of 55. Given that demographic at the age of 55 to 65...
GEORGE FOREMAN Oh, there's nothing more dangerous in life at getting hurt at than love itself. People are hurt ...
GEORGE FOREMAN We'd always said boxers shouldn't lift weights. Now I realize some champion boxer started th...
GEORGE FOREMAN It's an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing 'art' to defend their collapsi...
GEORGE GROSZ The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with,...
GEORGE GROSZ I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these t...
GEORGE CATLIN The Word

Wonder or dream from distant land
I carried to my country's strand
STEFAN GEORGE The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing some...
GEORGE LUCAS I remarked constantly, just at sunset, in these latitudes, that the eastern horizon was brilliantly ...
GEORGE GREY Well, again working strictly to the film, where you had this lovely, lovely land of brightness and c...
GEORGE MARTIN I just found out about 10 days ago that I must live 300 or 400 yards from Britney Spears... so now I...
GEORGE CLOONEY I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair.
GEORGE OSBORNE Well British pension funds have not been investing the savings of British people in British infrastr...
GEORGE OSBORNE It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON Should the States reject this excellent Constitution, the probability is, an opportunity will never ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON If in the opinion of the People, the distribution or modification of the Constitutional powers be in...
GEORGE WASHINGTON Not only do I pray for it, on the score of human dignity, but I can clearly forsee that nothing but ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON You will therefore send me none but Natives, and Men of some property, if you have them.
GEORGE WASHINGTON To morrow being the day set apart by the Honorable Congress for public Thanksgiving and Praise; and ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON The time is now near at hand which must probably determine, whether Americans are to be, Freemen, or...
GEORGE WASHINGTON I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in h...
GEORGE WASHINGTON We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, s...
GEORGE WASHINGTON No People can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand, which conducts the Affairs of me...
GEORGE WASHINGTON It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoy...
GEORGE WASHINGTON