Quote by Ibrahim Babangida
At the same, we need to remain sensitive to the reality that we ar

At the same, we need to remain sensitive to the reality that we are still an African society in which the majority of the people and communities live under severe deprivations and afflictions that are no fault of theirs. – Ibrahim Babangida

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Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy. – Ibrahim Babangida

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Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people. – Ibrahim Babangida

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If you ask me to summarise our mission, I would put it this way: We were a military regime that sought to lay the foundations for freedom and liberty in a complex society. – Ibrahim Babangida

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Tolerance is the price we pay for living in a free, pluralistic society. – Robert Casey

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My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. Its their work that Im supporting. So its not me doing it. But I can empower them. I can support them, and I can help them. – George Soros

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I give away something up to $500 million a year throughout the world promoting Open Society. My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. Its their work that Im supporting. So its not me doing it. – George Soros

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If youre not adapting to the very rapidly changing environment, if you cant think creatively, you lose big in this society because there are very few jobs for you left. – Robert Sternberg

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