Quote by Wole Soyinka
Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to sup

Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth. – Wole Soyinka

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But when youre deprived of it for a lengthy period then you value human companionship. But you have to survive and so you devise all kinds of mental exercises and its amazing. – Wole Soyinka

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And gradually theyre beginning to recognize the fact that theres nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But its sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms. – Wole Soyinka

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Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie. – Wole Soyinka

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Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water. – Miguel de Cervantes

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I dont want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job. – Samuel Goldwyn

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The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and the social situation. – Stella Adler

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Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne. – James Russell Lowell

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