Quote by Chinua Achebe
Ive had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up

Ive had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because of difference in religion. These are things we should put behind us. – Chinua Achebe

Other quotes by Chinua Achebe

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

Category:
teacher
Read Quote

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

Category:
Government
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Religion
category

I broke with my religion in college. – Anne Rice

Category:
Religion

The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. – Lamar S. Smith

Category:
Religion

And religion causes most of the problems, war, and economics of course, and study your history or youre going to repeat it and if youre burning a Harry Potter book you need some serious counseling, you dont get it, youre missing the whole point. – Michael Berryman

Category:
Religion

I could never take the idea of religion very seriously. – Joyce Carol Oates

Category:
Religion

Random Quotes

Evolution has developed man to such a high degree that he builds zoos to keep his ancestors in cages. – Source Unknown

Category:
Evolution

Animals are such agreeable friends — they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. – George Eliot

Category:
Animals

I love the 3D revolution. I love the technology today that continues to push the envelope, continues break the new ground, and continues to raise the bar. – Dwayne Johnson

Category:
Technology
[T]he Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past. – Thomas Carlyle, Characteristics

Category:
History