Michael Manley Quotes

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You know people exaggerate that all is wild in Jamaica. I think that sometimes people fire a shot to try to make you nervous. They are not trying to hurt you.

Michael Manley

Any realistic vision of change must be based on the notion of empowerment of people.

Michael Manley

If we look about us we see the lengthening shadows of a thousand small corruptions creeping across the landscape of our nation. This is monstrous, for it is not the evening of our history; it is the morning and the shadows should be forming the other way.

Michael Manley

We know what that system [capitalism and colonialism] has meant for us.... And we are not for sale. We are not for sale. And tell them anytime they are willing to deal with an honorable Jamaica built on principle, sovereignty, pride and dignity, then we will talk the investment of the money. But if we are to return to our knees, they can keep the money, we will find another way.

Michael Manley

Michael Manley

Michael Manley

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Born: December 10, 1924

Died: March 6, 1997 (aged 72)

Bio: Michael Norman Manley ON OCC was a Jamaican politician who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Jamaica from 1972 to 1980 and from 1989 to 1992. Coming from a prosperous background, Manley was a democratic socialist.

Known for:

The Politics of Change: A Jamaican Testament (1974)
A voice at the workplace (1975)
A History of West Indian Cricket (1988)
The Case of the Bleeding Limo (1996)

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