Alexandra Fuller Quotes
The belief that we can be done with our past is a myth.
Fuller, Alexandra. Leaving Before the Rains Come. Penguin Press, 2015.
For centuries whites had dominated and abused the Blacks of South Africa. When the Black majority finally gained power, there were many calls for retribution and justice. However, under Mandela’s influence, South Africa made one of the most successful transitions of power to the majority who had been oppressed. The concentration on the future made South Africa the most successful country in Africa and a model for the world. See {633690} for another of his implementing statements of this principle.
Bush, one of America’s least articulate Presidents was trying to convey that his dirty tricks and attacks on his opponent, John McCain, was over, and ended up with this comical tautology.
This statement was like many of the Yogi Berra quotations, with few understanding the point Bush was trying to make.
Alexandra Fuller (born 1969) is a British-Rhodesian author who lives in the U.S. state of Wyoming.
