Nilantha Ilangamuwa Quotes

We are not subjects of an autocratic King, but are citizens of the country contributing to the advancement of our people who pay taxes out of their hard earned income.

In the long run, even a tyrannical government only has the power that the people confer on it and coming to understand history is the beginning of making things right.

We are naked, but we think we are not; we are wrong, but think we are correct. We are misled but we think we are properly guided. We think we have leaders but in reality we do not. What we have are tyrants.

International awareness of his deceptive practices is the reflection of the frustration that is prevailing in Sri Lanka which the President is trying to undermine by the traditional emotive and hate mongering politics.

We once again see the painful reality of the spineless political intelligentsia

If you want to denounce impunity then you have to start with denouncing the impunity that the regime enjoys.

As things stand the "intellectuals" only come out to lick the bones left over by the tyrant.

It’s true that journalism in reality is not the journalism that we learnt in the university. It is far from it.

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.

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.

Mr. President; give me back my country. Allow people to have their humanity. If you do not do this, history will never absolve you!

The tyrant has power to play as long as he is the master in his surroundings.

Mr. President, it is time for you to give me back my country. You can either continue to make fools of the people who elected a tyrant like you or let the country rise phoenix-like from the ashes.

We lost our country somewhere along the way. We know where we lost it but we do not appear to have the strength to eliminate those blocking our view to enable us to develop our common identity.

Fear has become normal and is covered by the idea of “patriotism”.

Mr. President, not only are you disastrous for the land, you are the man who must be held responsible for all the sins of the cowards, the cowards who were fooled into electing you as president.

Patriotism, currently, is nothing but the deadly evolution of narrow minded politics which has distorted language.

That the military have the power to manipulate personal liberties while cocking a snook at justice and freedom in Balochistan is a fact.

All it takes is common sense to understand that the Rajapaksa administration has vandalised every layer of the country’s resources to get rid of political obstacles while minimising the space available to facilitate the sharing of authentic political dissent. At the same time the opposition appears to be caged.

We are citizens who love to fake life than dig deep into our reality to discover the truth and make amends and correct our own wrongdoings, because we are reluctant to learn from our past.