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.
WOLE SOYINKABut when you’re deprived of it for a lengthy period then you value human companionship. But you have to survive and so you devise all kinds of mental exercises and it’s amazing.
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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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But when you’re deprived of it for a lengthy period then you value human companionship. But you have to survive and so you devise all kinds of mental exercises and it’s amazing.
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You accept whoever you are interacting with, directly, or indirectly.
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The youth should come together to challenge the status quo. They must not give up.
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Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.
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Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.
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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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As a global citizen, I sometimes feel like denying my identity.
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When I say war, I’m not talking about mental war; I’m talking about totally eliminating the obstacles to transformation of our children.
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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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See, 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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A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude, he pounces.
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The media owes the responsibility to constantly tell the public the truth.
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Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there’s a lot of work to be done.
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It’s the place to begin, always — to return to home, literally.
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