My weapon is literature.
CHINUA ACHEBENigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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We do not seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt us may he break his neck.
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One reason why I am quite angry with what is happening in Nigeria today is that everything has collapsed. If I decide to go back now, there will be so many problems – where will I find the physical therapy and other things that I now require?
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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 disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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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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Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
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There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
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Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
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My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered.
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The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use.
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In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.
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A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
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No man however great is greater than his people.
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Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it’s far removed from your situation.
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Nobody can teach me who I am.
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