31-05-2013, 09:46 AM
David Guyatt Wrote:And my distant reading of something Ho Chi Mihn said has remained with me. Back in the 1950's he wrote to the then incumbent President expressing his desire to make Vietnam adopt a democratic system of government along US lines - i.e., a Constitutional style of government. But he feelers were rejected.Yes he had made overtures to the US and they were rejected. Daniel Ortega (Sandanistas in Nicaragua) also did the same thing and was also rejected.
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.