Nigeria Independence Quotes

• A nation is not defined by its borders or the boundaries of its land mass Rather, a nation is defined by adverse people who have been unified by a cause and a value system and who are committed to a vision for the type of society they wish to live in and give to the future generations to come.

  Tara Fela-Durotoye

  Land, People, Giving

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• There is no country in the world with the diversity, confidence and talent and black pride like Nigeria.

  Binyavanga Wainaina

  Country, Pride, Diversity

  "Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan Author, Comes Out As Gay To Challenge Homophobic Laws", www.huffingtonpost.com. January 21, 2014.

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• True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.

  Brigham Young

  Motivational, Freedom, Independence

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• We want to lead a country where people will be less greedy. Where people will know that the commonwealth of Nigeria belongs to all Nigerians, where people's wealth depends on the people around you. If you become a rich person and everyone around you is poor you are very poor.

  Goodluck Jonathan

  Country, People, Want

  Interview with Isha Sesay, www.cnn.com. September 30, 2010.

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• What we need now is a nation of great people who live to positively impact others and build enduring legacies

  Tara Fela-Durotoye

  Impact, People, Legacy

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• Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.

  Chinua Achebe

  Leader, Should, Nigeria

  "Playing the power game", www.espn.com. July 4, 2008.

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• Nations and governments come and go, but people remain, and therefore people are the ultimate foundation of what is real and worthy.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Real, Government, People

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• Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of reforming Nigeria, and the search for solutions.

  Ibrahim Babangida

  Views, Mind Your Own Business, Style

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• I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Inspirational, Graduation, Dream

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• Well, Nigeria has played a constructive role in peacekeeping in various parts of West Africa. But unless and until Nigeria itself is democratic and respects human rights, it too may well be a source of much greater instability as political repression limits the ability of the people of Nigeria to achieve their full potential.

  Susan Rice

  Rights, People, Political

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• The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

  Confucius

  Family, Strength, Peace

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• One person is nothing. Two people are a nation.

  Terry Pratchett

  Two, People, Persons

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Nation”, p.278, Random House

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• No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Freedom, Liberty, Literature

  "See It Now" (CBS), March 7, 1954.

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• A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.

  John F. Kennedy

  Men, Honor, Remember

  Remarks at Amherst College, October 26, 1963.

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• Every nation determines its own destiny; the clever the nation, the better the fate!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Clever, Fate, Destiny

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• No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue.

  George Mason

  Freedom, Blessing, Government

  Virginia Declaration of Rights (Article 15), June 12, 1776.

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• In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference.

  Augusto Roa Bastos

  Men, Humanity, States

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• No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity

  Thomas Jefferson

  Ignorance, Impunity, Nations

  Thomas Jefferson (2004). “Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness”, p.114, Modern Library

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• As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

  Marian Anderson

  Inspirational, Positive, Women

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• Bad men cannot make good citizens.

  Patrick Henry

  Men, Tyrants, Citizens

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• Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Memorial Day, Freedom

  Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961

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• If this country is ever demoralized, it will come from trying to live without work.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Country, Trying, Entitlement

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• Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose at the time of their creation. It is when they have become established that aims are lost and replaced by vague ritual.

  Frank Herbert

  Suffering, Purpose, Empires

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Dune Messiah”, p.49, Penguin

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• To keep any great nation up to a high standard of civilization there must be enough superior characters to hold the balance of power, but the very moment the balance of power gets into the hands of second-rate men and women, a decline of that nation is inevitable.

  Christian D. Larson

  Character, Men, Hands

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• Nigeria is like everywhere, really: there are some beautiful places that have been invested in and others that haven’t been.

  Tinie Tempah

  Beautiful, Havens, Has Beens

  "Tinie Tempah interview: 'It's a new day, a new age, a new outlook'" by Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. February 12, 2011.

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