"They have not always elected the best leaders,……" — Chinua Achebe
"They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit."
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162 Quotes by Chinua Achebe
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- I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you.…
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