Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
CHINUA ACHEBE
The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don’t always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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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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My weapon is literature.
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When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don’t just turn it off one day.
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What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens – whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.
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While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.
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It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.
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A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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There is no story that is not true.
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A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
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Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.
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There is that great proverb – that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
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If you have leaders who are prepared to incite group against group it is very easy to manufacture reasons and excuses.
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When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.
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