2026 quotes by leaders for you to enjoy

We went to labor in the fields, my wife and I, hand in hand. Scarcely were we conscious of the fatigues of the day. Heaven always blessed our toil. Toussaint Louverture

Day Wife Blessed Our Scarcely Always Were Hand Hand-In-Hand Labor Heaven Fields Toil Conscious

General Biassou is a simple, vulnerable man without much knowledge, and he is easily led astray by the scoundrels surrounding him. He has sworn eternal hatred for me, and for some time now, he has been trying to destroy me using whatever means he can. Toussaint Louverture

Time Me Knowledge Man Simple Hatred Whatever Astray Destroy Easily Has-Been Some General He Him Vulnerable Without Been Led Surrounding Scoundrels Trying Eternal Much Means Using Now Sworn

Mastered by deadly passions, Rigaud has dug a gulf at your feet; he has laid snares which you could not avoid. He wished to have you as partisans in his revolt; and to succeed in his object, he has employed falsehood and seduction. Toussaint Louverture

At the beginning of the troubles of Saint Domingo, I felt that I was destined to great things. When I received this divine intimation, I was four and fifty years of age; I could neither read nor write. Toussaint Louverture

Great Age Great Things Beginning Destined Neither Could Write Divine Troubles Read Felt Saint Nor Years Fifty Things Four Received

The whites have resolved to destroy our liberty and have therefore brought a force commensurate to their intentions. The Cape, after a proper resistance, has fallen into their hands, but the enemy found only a town and plain in ashes; the forts were blown up, and all was burnt. Toussaint Louverture

Enemy Liberty Resolved Our Destroy Brought Proper Only Town Force Fallen Were Up Hands Blown Intentions After Burnt Ashes Plain Cape Whites Therefore Found Resistance

There's always something suspect about an intellectual on the winning side. Vaclav Havel

Side About Something Winning Always Intellectual Suspect

I think it's important for one to take a certain distance from oneself. Vaclav Havel

Important Think Distance Oneself Take Certain

As soon as man began considering himself the source of the highest meaning in the world and the measure of everything, the world began to lose its human dimension, and man began to lose control of it. Vaclav Havel

Man World Lose Control Everything Considering Dimension Highest Soon Himself Source Began Human Meaning Measure

Al Jazeera is a representation of, you know, diversity in the Arab world. In our newsroom, we have every single nationality, we have every single, you know, ideology, we have every single background. However, when it comes to the screen, we have one code of ethics and one code of conduct. Wadah Khanfar

At Al Jazeera, we are getting our local Somalis, Yemenis and Sudanese, local correspondents from within the society, who understand much better than the people who come from overseas. We will get a much better insight. Wadah Khanfar

People Better Will Society Local Our Insight Come Within Understand Overseas Than Get Getting Much Who Al Al Jazeera

There is a very deep conviction in the heart of the people who work in al-Jazeera that if it changes its editorial line, it will very quickly lose its audience. Al-Jazeera has its own style; it has more than 3,500 employees, and I don't think anyone will have the attitude of changing it because they will lose. Wadah Khanfar

Work Attitude Heart People Will Employees Style Lose Own Conviction Think Changes Changing More Because Audience Editorial Line Very Quickly Than Anyone Who Deep Deep Conviction

When an international news organization covers a story in Somalia, Yemen, Sudan or wherever, they will fly a crew to go there, spend a few days, interact with some officials and analysts, most of the time English-speaking elite, and file the story and go home. Wadah Khanfar

Time Home News Organization Fly Will Few Crew Analyst Spend Somalia Some Days Most Go Go Home Covers Yemen Officials Interact Wherever Story International File Sudan English-Speaking Elite

Some people call it the 'Al Jazeera spirit' - courage, re-thinking authority, giving a voice to the voiceless. We have never been favored by the authority. The human being is the center of our editorial policy. We are not a TV station that rushes after stars, big names, press conferences, hand-shake journalism. Wadah Khanfar

Courage People Human Being Some People Giving Big Stars Our Press Station Favored TV Some Spirit Voice Voiceless Never Journalism Names Call Policy Editorial Been Conferences Authority Human Being After Center Al Al Jazeera

The international media concentrates on the famous, the big names. Al Jazeera goes to the margins, investigates stories that are still developing and in the future become very big. Why did the Arabic world love Al Jazeera? Everybody felt he was represented in the newsroom and on the screen. That kind of belonging is ours. Wadah Khanfar

Love Future World Big Become Everybody Ours Kind Arabic He Developing Names Felt Still Very Did Goes Screen Famous Stories Newsroom International Media Al Al Jazeera Why Belonging Margins

The Arab spring was not as radical as the French or Iranian revolutions. It did not pull out the deeply entrenched roots of the state. Instead, it was satisfied to replace the top of the pyramid with newly elected, but inexperienced, leaders. Wadah Khanfar

Spring Radical Satisfied State Top Arab Arab Spring Out Entrenched Instead Leaders Pyramid French Inexperienced Iranian Replace Did Revolutions Newly Elected Roots Deeply Pull

The Arab spring confirmed that peaceful change is possible and so reinforced the vision of political Islam. The impact of this went beyond the Brotherhood to include the Salafist tendency in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Libya that had questioned the democratic path. Wadah Khanfar

Change Vision Political Path Islam Spring Arab Arab Spring Libya Possible Impact Brotherhood Tendency Had Beyond Democratic Questioned Yemen Egypt Confirmed Tunisia Include Peaceful Reinforced

What I like to call 'journalism of depth' is the media that regards the collective conscience of the masses to be its point of departure. It is the media that believes, as a matter of principle, in the potential capabilities of the people and respects their choices. Wadah Khanfar

People Matter Collective Respects Potential Point Journalism Like Masses Call Principle Departure Regards Capabilities Depth Choices Media Believes Conscience

At times, some journalists see nothing in the people apart from an opportunity to make material gain. They see them as consumers to whom we sell commodities at huge profits that keep our bank accounts growing. Wadah Khanfar

People Opportunity Nothing Our See Some Consumers Journalists Make Material Huge Sell Times Accounts Bank Commodities Gain Apart Them Growing Keep Whom Profits

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