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It is both the duty and responsibility of the world’s fortunate few to help fulfil the legitimate aspirations of the unfortunate many.

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We must make progress slowly so as to preserve the progress we have already made.
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Progress Slow Success
Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon.
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Accomplishment Courage Goal
We have finished the job. What shall we do with the tools?
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Job Material Tools
An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans.
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Establishment Identity Ourselves Past Personality
A man who says “I have learned enough and will learn no further” should be considered as knowing nothing at all.
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Education Fools Learning Man Myself
Do not worship me, I am not God. I’m only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.
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God Man Myself Religious
It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.
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Animal Compassion Easy
Observe that anyone who dies for his country is a fortunate man, but death takes what it wants, indiscriminately, in peace-time as well as in war. It is better to die with freedom than without it.
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Country Death Freedom Men Peace War
If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has struck for that weak people to appeal to the League of Nations to give its judgment in all freedom. God and history will remember your judgment.
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Destroy God Government History Judgement People Remember Strong Weakness
There is no safer anchorage for our learning, our lives, and our public actions than that provided by Divine teachings.
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Action Divine Ourselves Safety Teaching
Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.
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God Greatness History Judgement Nation Remember
As is commonly said, ‘to start anything is simple; to develop it and bring it to a successful culmination takes great effort.’
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Development Effort Greatness Simple Start Success
Mahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live.
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Freedom Justice Live Long Men Remember
This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults.
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Born Creation Early Human Men Talent Virtue World
A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be able to pull down.
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Foundation Home Rain Strong
If each and everyone endeavours to cooperate and work in as much as his capacity permits, our faith rests upon the Almighty God that he would bless the results for us
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Blessing Faith Ourselves Result Togetherness Unity

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