In memoriam
Nineteen Ninety-Four
More specifically, the ideologies of men
From the United States of America and
The British Empire:
To propagate
A policy
A political position,
A world view.
These men influenced
A state of being
These men influenced
The social, political and economic world.
In 1933, Franklin D Roosevelt said this:
The only thing we have to fear
Is itself
Fear.
In 1940, Sir Winston Churchill said this:
We will fight
On the beaches.
Was it before or after that bomb was dropped
That Harry S Truman lamented
That the buck stops
Where?
In 1957, Harold Macmillan said this:
People have never had it so good.
In 1961, John F Kennedy said this:
Ask not what your country can do for you,
Ask what you can do for your country.
Was it before or after that bomb was dropped?
In 1963, Harold Wilson said this:
The white heat
Of the technological revolution
Is upon us.
In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr said this:
I have a dream.
In 1981, Ronald Reagan said this:
Get the government off the backs
Of the people.
In 1987, Margaret Thatcher said this:
There is no such thing as society.
Was it before or after that bomb was dropped?
In 1993, John Major said this:
It is time to go back to basics.
In 1992, Tony Blair said this:
Tough on crime,
Tough on the causes of crime.
In 2001, George W Bush
Declared a war on terror.
In 2008, Barack Hussein Obama said this:
Believe,
Believe in change that we can believe in.
Was it before or after that bomb was dropped?
During the declaration of independence
In 1796, Benjamin Franklin said this:
We hold these truths to be self-evident –
All men are created equal,
There are certain unalienable rights
There will be life
Liberty and
The pursuit of happiness.
In 1864, Abraham Lincoln said this:
Do not swap horses in the middle of the stream.
As the Titanic began to sink,
The captain commanded:
Women and children first!
George H Bush said this:
Read my lips,
No more new taxes.
William H Clinton said this:
It’s the economy, stupid.
William H Clinton said this:
I did not have sex with that woman,
Then
William H Clinton said this:
Indeed I did have sex with that woman.
After having sex with that woman
Jacob G Zuma said this:
I took a shower.
But what of the Eastern Political Ideologies
And the philosophy of Africa?
On Freedom Day, 27 April 1994,
Nelson R Mandela said this:
Never, never, and never again
Shall it be that this beautiful land will again
Experience the oppression of one by another,
The sun shall never set
On so glorious a human
Achievement. Let freedom reign. God bless Africa.
Was it before or after that bomb was dropped?
Kommentaar
From a revered God to anointed kings to a dime a dozen politicians