Emmanuel Jal People Quotations

War destroys people's souls. Most people focus on physical injuries, but the invisible injuries can take a lifetime to heal and affects the lives of generations to come.

I don't know anywhere where the people are hungrier for education than South Sudan.

When people know you've been a soldier, they judge you: you are a thief, a lost boy.

The worst people on earth are not only those who commit evil, but those who stand by and turn a blind eye

What I always wanted to do when I was a kid was to speak out and help people which I continue to do afterwards.

Young people are so brave when they go to fight.

When I was in south Sudan, people used to rap in my village. But the rapping was more in the mother tongue, Nuer.

If you really kill, you don't want to talk about it.

It’s no longer about the Lost Boys. They keep trying to make their way out, then they meet other people and empathize with them. It’s a story that a lot of people are going to discover their purpose from. When someone doesn’t know their purpose, they get lost.

When I listen to hip-hop, it's like no big difference how people sing in my village, 'cause bling would be their cow.

As a child, I didn't know what they mean by 'to die.' So I grew up in a place where people used to die all the time, but a child is not allowed to see a dead body. When you ask, 'Where is so-and so?' you're told, 'He's gone to another world where we all go to live in the future.'

We lack role models who can inspire our young people to make change.

I'm kind of weird - I don't get excited. Sometimes I fake that I'm excited just to make people happy.