My definition of slavery is the deprivation of human volition, any form of relationship between two peoples which is based on the deprivation of volition of one side.
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.
More Wole Soyinka Quotes
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Sadness is twilight’s kiss on earth.
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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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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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The writer is the visionary of his people… He anticipates, he warns.
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If man cannot, what god dare claim perfection?
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My understanding of the creative process is simply that all cultures and all concerns meet at a certain point, the human point in which everything is related to one another. That has been my creative experience.
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We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where.
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The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.
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I have one abiding religion-human liberty.
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To achieve any change in the minds of the youth, there must be reorientation in terms of materialistic tendencies, corruption and crime generally.
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I am a very curious person; I’ll always ask: is this thing true, is it not true? And I use my own means to investigate and come to my conclusion.
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The man dies in all those that keep silent.
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Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
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Mythology can be used, and has been used, even to re-state, you know, the very urgent problems of the world.
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Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom.
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