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> [Left to me, the whole purpose of government is for the security of the citizens, like the security of lives and property.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibrahim-babangida/left-to-me-the-whole-purpose-of-government-is-for-the-security-of-the/)

[Ibrahim Babangida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibrahim-babangida/)

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## Other authors on Purpose Government

## More by Ibrahim Babangida

> [Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibrahim-babangida/most-importantly-nothing-has-happened-to-change-my-conviction-that/)

[Ibrahim Babangida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibrahim-babangida/)

> [Left to me, the whole purpose of government is for the security of the citizens, like the security of lives and property.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibrahim-babangida/left-to-me-the-whole-purpose-of-government-is-for-the-security-of-the/)

[Ibrahim Babangida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibrahim-babangida/)

> [The history of our country is not the history of any other country in the world which is either practicing advanced democracy or struggling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibrahim-babangida/the-history-of-our-country-is-not-the-history-of-any-other-country-in/)

[Ibrahim Babangida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibrahim-babangida/)

> [It is only through books that we partake of the great harvest that is human civilization across the ages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibrahim-babangida/it-is-only-through-books-that-we-partake-of-the-great-harvest-that-is/)

[Ibrahim Babangida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibrahim-babangida/)

> [But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibrahim-babangida/but-no-nation-can-base-its-survival-and-development-on-luck-and/)

[Ibrahim Babangida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibrahim-babangida/)

> [The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibrahim-babangida/the-work-of-nigeria-is-not-complete-for-as-long-as-there-is-any-one/)

[Ibrahim Babangida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibrahim-babangida/)

> [It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibrahim-babangida/it-is-of-course-the-nature-of-historical-contraction-that-the/)

[Ibrahim Babangida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibrahim-babangida/)

> [I am not sure that you, the younger generations, will like to go to war that we went through. So, we learn as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibrahim-babangida/i-am-not-sure-that-you-the-younger-generations-will-like-to-go-to-war/)

[Ibrahim Babangida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibrahim-babangida/)

> [Even now, we make no apologies for the choice we made. The sacrifices we made were selfless. The options we offered were patriotic while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibrahim-babangida/even-now-we-make-no-apologies-for-the-choice-we-made-the-sacrifices/)

[Ibrahim Babangida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibrahim-babangida/)

> [At the same, we need to remain sensitive to the reality that we are still an African society in which the majority of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibrahim-babangida/at-the-same-we-need-to-remain-sensitive-to-the-reality-that-we-are/)

[Ibrahim Babangida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibrahim-babangida/)

> [Our approach to economic development must be modern, focused and in tune with the global trend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibrahim-babangida/our-approach-to-economic-development-must-be-modern-focused-and-in/)

[Ibrahim Babangida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibrahim-babangida/)

> [The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively in the direction of a modern free market as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibrahim-babangida/the-challenge-as-we-saw-in-the-nigerian-project-was-to-restructure/)

[Ibrahim Babangida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibrahim-babangida/)

> [The return of democracy in our land has indeed thrown the problems of development into bolder relief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibrahim-babangida/the-return-of-democracy-in-our-land-has-indeed-thrown-the-problems-of/)

[Ibrahim Babangida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibrahim-babangida/)

> [The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibrahim-babangida/the-average-nigerian-person-has-come-to-reconcile-himself-with-the/)

[Ibrahim Babangida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibrahim-babangida/)

> [There are no doubts that, the situation in the country today, indicates that there is much more work to do in the process of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibrahim-babangida/there-are-no-doubts-that-the-situation-in-the-country-today-indicates/)

[Ibrahim Babangida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibrahim-babangida/)

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