"A Man of the People" Quotes
A teacher-turned-politician in post-colonial Africa becomes corrupted by power and influence, prompting a disillusioned young man to expose his hypocrisy.
fiction | 160 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
When a man is in trouble or in a good cause, there usually emerge two sets of people from the woodwork: the friends and the opportunists.
The real tragedy of our time lies not so much in the unprecedented external events themselves as in the unprecedented ethical confusion which they are causing.
A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so.
You see, the trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.
The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership.
I have always thought that change is good. It is the whole truth, but it is also better to remain the same.
It’s not easy to forgive the dead. Their very insentience makes them so terribly formidable.
He who brings kola brings life.
The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.
