The media owes the responsibility to constantly tell the public the truth.
WOLE SOYINKASee, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much of the industrialized world has not yet come to terms with the recognition of the fallacy of what I call the strong man syndrome.
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When a leader encourages the culture of impunity, the society is lost and it makes the work harder for the rest of us.
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Each time I think Ive created time for myself, along comes a throwback to disrupt my private space.
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You accept whoever you are interacting with, directly, or indirectly.
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The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.
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For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.
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Governance can dig itself into a huge hole and not even know it’s in there.
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Colonialism bred an innate arrogance, but when you undertake that sort of imperial adventure, that arrogance gives way to a feeling of accommodativeness. You take pride in your openness.
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As a global citizen, I sometimes feel like denying my identity.
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I’m not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I’ve never understood.
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A human feast is an indifferent morsel to a god.
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And gradually they’re beginning to recognize the fact that there’s nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But it’s sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.
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Some of us – poets are not exactly poets. We live sometimes – beyond the word.
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Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
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Everybody knows that fraternities are a normal culture in all colleges. It exists in all colleges. President Clinton was a member of a fraternity. In fact, anybody who goes to College in the United States is a member of a College fraternity. There is absolutely nothing evil or occultic about fraternity.
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Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.
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