Quote by Chinua Achebe
In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very va

In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel that the story that I was told about this religion wasnt perhaps completely whole, that something was left out. – Chinua Achebe

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My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel. – Chinua Achebe

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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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Leadership
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The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you dont always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse! – Chinua Achebe

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When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good, but what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation. – William J. Clinton

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Talking isnt doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well and yet words are not deeds. – William Shakespeare

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Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. Thats truly about the game, and in some ways thats about life too. – Michael Jordan

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Diligence is the mother of good fortune. – Benjamin Disraeli

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The world we build tomorrow is born in the stories we tell our children today. Politics moves the pieces. Education changes the game. – Jonathan Sacks

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