{"author":"Nilantha Ilangamuwa","author_id":"Nilantha+Ilangamuwa","total_quotes":51,"quotes":[{"text":"The main element of true reconciliation is the public education system.","author":"Nilantha Ilangamuwa","tags":["education","reconciliation","transnationalism"],"id":11282,"author_id":"Nilantha+Ilangamuwa"},{"text":"What we can see in most societies is the gravity of suffering, tears of sorrow and nightmares of hopelessness.","author":"Nilantha Ilangamuwa","tags":["liberty","politics-freedom-liberty","social-anxiety","social-justice"],"id":29594,"author_id":"Nilantha+Ilangamuwa"},{"text":"Foremost, step one could take is avoiding the cheap behaviour of compromising principles with decorated lies which assails the moral power of common sense.","author":"Nilantha Ilangamuwa","tags":["common-sense","humanity","liberty"],"id":36778,"author_id":"Nilantha+Ilangamuwa"},{"text":"That the military have the power to manipulate personal liberties while cocking a snook at justice and freedom in Balochistan is a fact.","author":"Nilantha Ilangamuwa","tags":["freedom","justice","liberty","social-anxiety"],"id":40581,"author_id":"Nilantha+Ilangamuwa"},{"text":"Balochistan was refused legitimacy for its nationhood with the creation of Pakistan due to the geographical location and the rich natural resources. The story would have been completely different if this has been a barren land.","author":"Nilantha Ilangamuwa","tags":["balochistan","pakistan","political"],"id":45286,"author_id":"Nilantha+Ilangamuwa"},{"text":"Let us applaud the howls of the ignorant extremists as we stand on a knife-edge, not glad, but in acknowledgement of the bad, sad, mad gifts that the regime continue to offer us.","author":"Nilantha Ilangamuwa","tags":["liberty","politics","politics-fear","social"],"id":45387,"author_id":"Nilantha+Ilangamuwa"},{"text":"If you want to denounce impunity then you have to start with denouncing the impunity that the regime enjoys.","author":"Nilantha Ilangamuwa","tags":["freedom","impunity","politics","social","system"],"id":46776,"author_id":"Nilantha+Ilangamuwa"},{"text":"Peace without truth is nothing but an illusion – a deceptive misguidance which generates opportunities and problems to chew the sweet and bitter tastes of evil respectively.","author":"Nilantha Ilangamuwa","tags":["life","peace"],"id":49024,"author_id":"Nilantha+Ilangamuwa"},{"text":"Social systems are neither a consumer product that we can buy or rent from the market nor a material that we can import from another country. It is not a creation of the almighty gifted from the heavens. A social system is a creation of mankind. That is a reflection of our responsibilities. In other words, the social system is the result of our behavior and the decisions we take in our way of life.","author":"Nilantha Ilangamuwa","tags":["freedom","justice","liberty","social-anxiety"],"id":67007,"author_id":"Nilantha+Ilangamuwa"},{"text":"We do not have to dig deep into history to understand the reality. The examples of Saddam Hussain, who was executed after a sham trial and the case of Muammar Gaddafi, who killed after surrendering in broad daylight, have given enough factual reality to understand the painful truth.","author":"Nilantha Ilangamuwa","tags":["international","international-relations","liberty","politics","social-anxiety"],"id":69354,"author_id":"Nilantha+Ilangamuwa"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":51,"pages":6,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}