TruthOrator Daily Mind Refreshment And Food For Thought
“A victory for Buhari in a way is a salute to Nigeria. It’s a statement that Nigeria’s democracy has matured to the point where it now has two viable and competitive parties.” Dr. J. Peter Pham
“If the continent’s largest democracy can get through an election with a relatively clean bill of health, that’s a positive signal for electoral management across Africa.” Edward Paice
“Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.” – Chinua Achebe
“Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there’s a lot of work to be done.” – Wole Soyinka
“The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing.” – Ben Okri
“They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit.” – Chinua Achebe
Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. Thomas Macaulay
We are free, truly free, when we don’t need to rent our arms to anybody in order to be able to lift a piece of bread to our mouths. Ricardo Flores Magon
It is a new dawn in Nigeria, it is a new dawn in Nigeria politics, it is a new dawn for the people of Nigeria because it is the very first time that our vote really counted. Congratulation to my President, His Excellency Mohammodu Buhari (GCFR). --KOP Bashorun
It is the love of country that has lighted and that keeps glowing the holy fire of patriotism. J. Horace McFarland
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty. John F. Kennedy
“I have one advice to give to our politicians. If they have decided to destroy our national unity, then they should summon a round-table conference to decide how our national assets should be divided before they seal their doom by satisfying their lust for office. I make this suggestion because it is better for us and many admirers abroad that we should disintegrate in peace and not in pieces. Should the politicians fail to heed this warning, then I will venture the prediction that the experience of the Democratic Republic of the Congo will be a child’s play if ever it comes to our turn to play such a tragic role.” — Nnamdi Azikiwe,
“People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them. This is what people have come to expect. It’s not viewed as a serious continent. It’s a place of strange, bizarre and illogical things, where people don’t do what common sense demands.” – Chinua Achebe
“Nigeria is not a nation. It is a mere geographical expression. There are no ‘Nigerians’ in the same sense as there are ‘English,’ ‘Welsh,’ or ‘French.’ The word ‘Nigerian’ is merely a distinctive appellation to distinguish those who live within the boundaries of Nigeria and those who do not.” Obafemi Awolowo
“We plan our lives according to a dream that came to us in our childhood, and we find that life alters our plans. And yet, at the end, from a rare height, we also see that our dream was our fate. It’s just that providence had other ideas as to how we would get there. Destiny plans a different route, or turns the dream around, as if it were a riddle, and fulfills the dream in ways we couldn’t have expected.” – Ben Okri
“The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our task, as creative participants in the universe, to re dream our world. The fact of possessing imagination means that everything can be re dreamed. Each reality can have it” – Ben Okri
“One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.” – Chinua Achebe
“Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have to begin to learn to rule ourselves again.” – Chinua Achebe
“The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.” – Chinua Achebe
“Let’s say there are prospects for a new Nigeria, but I don’t think we have a new Nigeria yet.” – Wole Soyinka
“Nigeria can no longer remain a potential” – Jide Salu
“For us the important lesson I think we can learn is we can’t go to sleep. The price of our legacy and democracy will be eternal vigilance.” Ayo Obe
“At the end of the day, Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy and what happens there matters to investor outcomes. And what you just had is a watershed election, one that signals a new day in Nigeria.” --Philippe de Pontet
“We think a Buhari win implies reformist policies, including austere fiscal policy and a clampdown on graft. However, leading a coalition may undermine his ability to make difficult decisions.” --Yvonne Mhango
Happy Democracy Day to all my fellow Nigerian
I Appreciate You
K.O.P Bashorun.
'Your Life Orator'
CEO/Founder
Feel Free to Share
(c)2015
“If the continent’s largest democracy can get through an election with a relatively clean bill of health, that’s a positive signal for electoral management across Africa.” Edward Paice
“Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.” – Chinua Achebe
“Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there’s a lot of work to be done.” – Wole Soyinka
“The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing.” – Ben Okri
“They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit.” – Chinua Achebe
Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. Thomas Macaulay
We are free, truly free, when we don’t need to rent our arms to anybody in order to be able to lift a piece of bread to our mouths. Ricardo Flores Magon
It is a new dawn in Nigeria, it is a new dawn in Nigeria politics, it is a new dawn for the people of Nigeria because it is the very first time that our vote really counted. Congratulation to my President, His Excellency Mohammodu Buhari (GCFR). --KOP Bashorun
It is the love of country that has lighted and that keeps glowing the holy fire of patriotism. J. Horace McFarland
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty. John F. Kennedy
“I have one advice to give to our politicians. If they have decided to destroy our national unity, then they should summon a round-table conference to decide how our national assets should be divided before they seal their doom by satisfying their lust for office. I make this suggestion because it is better for us and many admirers abroad that we should disintegrate in peace and not in pieces. Should the politicians fail to heed this warning, then I will venture the prediction that the experience of the Democratic Republic of the Congo will be a child’s play if ever it comes to our turn to play such a tragic role.” — Nnamdi Azikiwe,
“People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them. This is what people have come to expect. It’s not viewed as a serious continent. It’s a place of strange, bizarre and illogical things, where people don’t do what common sense demands.” – Chinua Achebe
“Nigeria is not a nation. It is a mere geographical expression. There are no ‘Nigerians’ in the same sense as there are ‘English,’ ‘Welsh,’ or ‘French.’ The word ‘Nigerian’ is merely a distinctive appellation to distinguish those who live within the boundaries of Nigeria and those who do not.” Obafemi Awolowo
“We plan our lives according to a dream that came to us in our childhood, and we find that life alters our plans. And yet, at the end, from a rare height, we also see that our dream was our fate. It’s just that providence had other ideas as to how we would get there. Destiny plans a different route, or turns the dream around, as if it were a riddle, and fulfills the dream in ways we couldn’t have expected.” – Ben Okri
“The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our task, as creative participants in the universe, to re dream our world. The fact of possessing imagination means that everything can be re dreamed. Each reality can have it” – Ben Okri
“One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.” – Chinua Achebe
“Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have to begin to learn to rule ourselves again.” – Chinua Achebe
“The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.” – Chinua Achebe
“Let’s say there are prospects for a new Nigeria, but I don’t think we have a new Nigeria yet.” – Wole Soyinka
“Nigeria can no longer remain a potential” – Jide Salu
“For us the important lesson I think we can learn is we can’t go to sleep. The price of our legacy and democracy will be eternal vigilance.” Ayo Obe
“At the end of the day, Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy and what happens there matters to investor outcomes. And what you just had is a watershed election, one that signals a new day in Nigeria.” --Philippe de Pontet
“We think a Buhari win implies reformist policies, including austere fiscal policy and a clampdown on graft. However, leading a coalition may undermine his ability to make difficult decisions.” --Yvonne Mhango
Happy Democracy Day to all my fellow Nigerian
I Appreciate You
K.O.P Bashorun.
'Your Life Orator'
CEO/Founder
Feel Free to Share
(c)2015
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