21 Quotes by Nilantha Ilangamuwa about Politics
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The most fundamental problem is not that we don’t have a system to run but those with knowledge are cynically manipulating the system for petty personal desires.
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If you want to denounce impunity then you have to start with denouncing the impunity that the regime enjoys.
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As things stand the "intellectuals" only come out to lick the bones left over by the tyrant.
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Ladies and gentlemen, it is time for us to change the mindset which has tended to create ad hoc solutions for the political madness and social farce. In fact, our age of tragedy which has been represented by the so-called “Marxists” in the Sinhalese community and “liberalists” in Tamil community since the 70s to the late 90s, has been replaced by the age of farce.
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We are naked, but we think we are not; we are wrong, but think we are correct. We are misled but we think we are properly guided. We think we have leaders but in reality we do not. What we have are tyrants.
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We once again see the painful reality of the spineless political intelligentsia
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The era of revolution by military means produced a greater degree of desperation and frustration. This was brought to an end by the people.
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How can you cry for others’ struggles when you are facilitating mayhem in your own land?
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International awareness of his deceptive practices is the reflection of the frustration that is prevailing in Sri Lanka which the President is trying to undermine by the traditional emotive and hate mongering politics.
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