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Anthony Enahoro Quotes

1923–2010 Nigeria

Anthony Enahoro (22 July 1923 – 15 December 2010) was a Nigerian nationalist, journalist, politician and pro-democracy activist who first moved the motion for Nigeria's self-government in 1953.

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"The question of independence for Nigeria is not controversial."

It is an invitation to this House to make a declaration of objective with regard to Nigerian freedom.

It seeks to provide representatives from all parts of the country with an opportunity to exchange views on the most burning question of our time.

One of the tasks of the current generation of Nigerians is the reconciliation of idealism and realism.

We welcome every sincere effort that contributes to national solidarity and constitutional renewal.

"This motion is an invitation to the Honourable Members of this House to associate the highest legislature of our land with the expressed desire of the peoples of this country for political autonomy."

"We succeeded with freedom. We also succeeded, to a great extent, with modernization, but it is sad that Nigeria has had a deplorable record with democratization."

We must not be shy to say, "We too have a dream"—a dream and a vision of what Nigeria can be and what our peoples should be in the long term.

"We too have a dream—a dream and a vision of what Nigeria can be and what our peoples should be in the long-term. That is what idealism is about."

Yesterday belongs to the dead and to chroniclers; today belongs to current functionaries and operatives; tomorrow belongs to visionaries and idealists, without whom you cannot build a new society.

"Democracy is the heritage of all of us. Democracy is not a commodity... it is not open to the Prime Minister to define how far democracy shall go."

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Anthony Enahoro (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.