No man however great is greater than his people.
CHINUA ACHEBEWe cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n’ani ji onwe ya: ‘He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.’
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
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Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
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I think not just Nigeria but I think the whole of Africa has to turn back to the rural areas and that’s where the majority of the citizens are and that’s where the engine of of development has to be found.
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Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
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There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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As a rule I don’t like suffering to no purpose. Suffering should be creative, should give birth to something good and lovely.
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The singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.
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An angry man is always a stupid man.
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As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.
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There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
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A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
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Nobody can teach me who I am.
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Now one of the changes that must come to Africa is the idea of limited rule, I mean in term of how long one leader can stay in power. The era of president for life is not gone yet but it is on its way out and that is one of the problems with Mugabe and others.
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A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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