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

"Nigeria 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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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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