"Nigera is what it is because its leaders……" — Chinua Achebe

"Nigera is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be."

— Chinua Achebe

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162 Quotes by Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe has 162 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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…
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we…
People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it,…
I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you.…
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…
What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different…
Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to…
The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end.…
Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and…

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They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this… — Chinua Achebe
Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in… — Chinua Achebe
The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond. — Robert Baden-Powell
Grown men do not need leaders. — Edward Abbey
Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the… — Abu Bakar Bashir
But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour. — Abu Bakar Bashir
All religious leaders and spiritual teachers emphasize finding a place within us that is true. People who obsessively follow these… — Martha Beck
Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right. — Warren G. Bennis
Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard. — Warren G. Bennis
Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth. — Warren G. Bennis
Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. — Warren G. Bennis
Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line. — Warren G. Bennis

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