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We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye…

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One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because…
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something…
People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when…
I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you. What's more…
A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world,…
What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or…
Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.
The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you…
Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing…

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We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb… — Chinua Achebe

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