Quote by Wole Soyinka
And gradually theyre beginning to recognize the fact that theres n

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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I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. Wed meet, theyd come and seek me out, wed talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine. – 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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Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie. – Wole Soyinka

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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. – Jonathan Swift

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Liberal Democrats are inexorably opposed to tax cuts, because tax cuts give people more power, and take away from the role of government. – Rush Limbaugh

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I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. – Thomas Jefferson

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Well, you know, I – again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this governments priorities. The federal governments top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account. – Carly Fiorina

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[See also] If, as a blind Indiana child once wrote, “forgiveness is the perfume of the violet on the heel that crushed it,” gratitude may safely be characterized as the perfume of the rose on the hand that caressed it. – Quoted in The Judge, 1916 January 8th

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Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished. – William Ernest Hocking

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I believe the accepted model of capitalism that demands endless growth deserves the blame for the destruction of nature, and it should be displaced. Failing that, I try to work with those companies and help them change the way they think about our resources. – Yvon Chouinard

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Those who do not complain are never pitied. – Jane Austen

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