Quotes

...ON NATIONAL FREEDOM
Nnamdi Azikiwe, Former Nigerian President

TO NO PERSON,NO MATTER HOW WEALTHY,SHOULD WE SELL OUR SOUL.TO NO NATION,NO MATTER HOW POWERFUL,SHOULD WE MORTGAGE OUR CONSCIENCE.TO NO GROUP,NO MATTER HOW INFLUENCIAL,SHOULD WE PAWN OUR THOUGHTS.BUT WE SHOULD ALWAYS RESERVE TO OURSELVES & TO OUR POSTERITY THE RIGHT TO KNOW,TO THINK,TO HOLD OPINIONS & TO PURSUE OUR OWN GOOD IN OUR WAY WITHOUT DENYING OR DEPRIVING OTHERS OF THEIR RIGHT TO DO SO.THAT IS OUR CONCEPT OF TRUE NATIONAL FREEDOM.

...ON GOOD GOVERNANCE
Nnamdi Azikiwe, Former Nigerian President

MODESTY IMPLIES A TENDENCY NOT TO BE PROUD OR ARROGANT IN MAKING CLAIMS OR STATING FACTS OR CALCIFYING OFFICIAL POLICY.IT MEANS THAT THOSE WHO GOVERN MUST BE HUMBLE IN THEIR WORDS OR IN THEIR DEEDS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO CONTROL THE DESTINY OF THEIR FELLOW MAN THROUGH THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE COLLECTIVELY EXPRESSED IN A DEMOCRATIC MANNER.COURTESY IS AN INDICATION OF GOOD BREEDING.IT MEANS PROPER UPBRINGING IN A HOME THAT IS STABLE,RELIGIOUS & ETHICAL,IN ORDER THAT THE FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIETY MAY EXERT A GOOD INFLUENCE ON PUBLIC OPINION & MORALS.PEACE ENSURES HARMONY.IT MEANS THAT THE MAINTENANCE OF LAW & ORDER IS THE BASIS OF GOOD GOVERNMENT & IS THE FOUNDATION OF A STABLE SOCIETY.

...ON BIAFRA
Nnamdi Azikiwe, Former Nigerian President

SINCE YOU REFUSE TO GO TO THE CONFERENCE TABLE,TO NEGOTIATE FOR PEACE;SINCE YOU PREFER THAT THE CIVIL WAR SHOULD END ON THE BATTLE FIELD,& NOT ON THE CONFERENCE TABLE;SINCE YOU SAID THAT SOVEREIGNTY OF BIAFRA IS NOT NEGOTIABLE,I AM AFRAID I CAN'T CONTINUE AS A PEACE ENVOY BECAUSe YOU'VE DESTROYED ALL THE VESTIGES OF ANY OPTIMISM FOR PEACE...LETTER TO GENERAL ODUMEGWU OJUKWU.

If it’s about faults and character flaws in a man, there are many and will be many of them; yet man sees a seamless, endless number of them in himself. Form the characters you can and let go to God those you can’t because whosoever has bodyguards (integrity, honesty, truth, love) will appear, even with his frailty, spotless in the spotlight. Kissinger Akugue.