Quote by Wole Soyinka
Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antit

Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom. – 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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And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others. – Wole Soyinka

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We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves. – Virginia Woolf

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