Albie Sachs Quotes

South Africa, Judge
January 30, 1935

Albert "Albie" Louis Sachs is an activist and a former judge on the Constitutional Court of South Africa. After having his arm blown off by a car-bomb in Mozambique due to his opposition to apartheid, he fled to the United States, and currently resides in Cape Town, South Africa.

The scratches in Yoko Ono records are moments of relief.

Albie Sachs
- Records
- Relief
- Scratches
My ideal weight is moobless.

Albie Sachs
- Weight
- Ideal
- Moobless

All revolutions are impossible until they happen. Then they become inevitable

Albie Sachs
You want to run out in front, prepare to be tripped from behind.

Albie Sachs
- Run
- Front
- Tripped
“Severability is an important concept in the context of the relations between this Court and Parliament; like 'reading down', it is an instrument of judicial restraint which reduces the danger of producing an overbroad judicial reaction to overbroad legislation.”

Albie Sachs
Primitive does not mean stupid.

Albie Sachs
- Mean
- Stupid
- Primitive
Nothing is forever, if you have enough power tools.

Albie Sachs
- Forever
- Enough
- Tools
“To respond in kind to the violence of apartheid was just wrong. Terrorism was based on the use of indiscriminate violence, directed at civilian people because they happened to belong to a particular group, race, or community. [...] It was completely antithetical to our ideals. We were fighting for justice against the system of white supremacy, not against a race.”

Albie Sachs

Two-hundred forty horsepower isn't enough to move me anymore. Enough to move my body, yes, but not my soul.

Albie Sachs
- Soul
- Body
- Move