"Men are great only if they are determined to be so" – Charles de Gaulle, French statesman-general (1890-1970) 

"Mussolini was a great showman whose technique improved as the real situation deteriorated." – Historian A.J.P Taylor in 1982 on Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. In 1938, Mussolini declared Libya a part of Italy after years of slowly colonising it.

"Mt Kenya Mafia, Mungiki, thieves, dogs, Lucifer . . . We have gone to the bottom." – Subukia MP Koigi wa Wamwere during Narc peace-making conference