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Quotes from Man of the People — Chinua Achebe

1930–2013 Nigeria

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A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.

Man of the People (1966)

In Chief Nanga’s company it was impossible not to be merry.

Man of the People (1966)

We had all accepted things from white skins that none of us would have brooked from our own people.

Man of the People (1966)

That’s all they cared for,’ [Max] said with a solemn face. ‘Women, cars, landed property. But what else can you expect when intelligent people leave politics to illiterates like Chief Nanga?

Man of the People (1966)

He looked as bright as a new shilling in his immaculate white robes.

Man of the People (1966)

What mattered was that a man had treated me as no man had a right to treat another—not even if he was master and the other slave; and my manhood requires that I made him pay for his insult in full measure.

Man of the People (1966)

Attribution

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