"Informed by our sad experience of history, we……" — Ibrahim Babangida
"Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy."
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Ibrahim Babangida
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29 Quotes by Ibrahim Babangida
Ibrahim Babangida has 29 quotes on this site.
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Even now, we make no apologies for the choice we made. The sacrifices we made were selfless. The options we…
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A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can…
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The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially…
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The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word…
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There are no doubts that, the situation in the country today, indicates that there is much more work to do…
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Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and…
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There is also work to do in the evolution of a stable family life and values, and in ensuring that…
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We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces…
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At the same, we need to remain sensitive to the reality that we are still an African society in which…
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But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every…
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The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively in the direction of a…
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To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so…
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More Democracy Quotes
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Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
— Aristotle
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In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the…
— Aristotle
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Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.
— Aristotle
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If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best…
— Aristotle
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Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because…
— Aristotle
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Jeans represent democracy in fashion.
— Giorgio Armani
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I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings…
— Richard Armitage
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Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of…
— Richard Armour
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Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.
— Karen Armstrong
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
— Chinua Achebe
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Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and…
— Chinua Achebe
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Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers,…
— Margaret Atwood
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