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Wole Soyinka82 quotes“The media owes the responsibility to constantly tell the public the truth.”
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Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
Wole SoyinkaWole Soyinka As a global citizen, I sometimes feel like denying my identity.
Wole SoyinkaWole Soyinka Intolerance has become, I think, the reigning ideology of the world today, the intolerance versus intolerance and it’s taken on lethal proportions.
Wole SoyinkaWole Soyinka For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.
Wole SoyinkaWole Soyinka We all have our individual artistic temperaments as well as partisanships in creative directions. And we have strong opinions on the merits of the products of our occupation.
Wole SoyinkaWole Soyinka When you are looking for corruption, you should look at the entire stratum of the society, while some forms of corruption are direct, others are indirect.
Wole SoyinkaWole Soyinka The media must be used effectively to reach the masses. You have to find a new language in which to address the people and demonstrate what is possible.
Wole SoyinkaWole Soyinka 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.
Wole SoyinkaWole Soyinka Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.
Wole SoyinkaWole Soyinka I have no money to give to you but I have ideas and organizational capacity.
Wole SoyinkaWole Soyinka For me, a writer is already being the deuce of his mission, his occupation to society.
Wole SoyinkaWole Soyinka If man cannot, what god dare claim perfection?
Wole SoyinkaWole Soyinka Writers are human. I shudder to think how I must sometimes appear to others.
Wole SoyinkaWole Soyinka 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.
Wole SoyinkaWole Soyinka I have one abiding religion-human liberty.
Wole SoyinkaWole Soyinka We do not ask the mountain’s aid to crack a walnut.
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