Governance can dig itself into a huge hole and not even know it’s in there.
WOLE SOYINKAIntolerance has become, I think, the reigning ideology of the world today, the intolerance versus intolerance and it’s taken on lethal proportions.
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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.
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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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Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there’s a lot of work to be done.
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Intolerance has become, I think, the reigning ideology of the world today, the intolerance versus intolerance and it’s taken on lethal proportions.
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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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It is the human potentials that interest me. I travel and everywhere I go I am amazed at the presence of Nigerians. The intelligence, integrity, productivity, initiative.
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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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The man dies in all those that keep silent.
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The youth should come together to challenge the status quo. They must not give up.
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I can look violence in the face and either reject or accept it.
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I don’t know any other way to live but to wake up everyday armed with my convictions, not yielding them to the threat of danger and to the power and force of people who might despise me.
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I believe that each writer must decide in which language he or she is most comfortable.
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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.
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The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.
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