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
Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie. – Wole Soyinka
And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others. – Wole Soyinka
Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth. – Wole Soyinka
A state that suppresses all freedom of speech, and which by imposing the most terrible punishments, treats each and every attempt at criticism, however morally justified, and every suggestion for improvement as plotting to high treason, is a state that breaks an unwritten law. – Kurt Huber