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Jacob Ade Ajayi Quotes

1929–2014 Nigeria

Jacob Festus Adeniyi Ajayi (26 May 1929 – 9 August 2014), commonly known as J. F.

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People of my generation learned how Britannia ruled the world.

Such a nation cannot achieve a sense of purpose or direction or stability, and without them the future is bleak.

For the nation is a product of history in the sense of historical circumstances and events; and therefore the nation cannot escape from its past.

We seem to care a little about the past, we have no enduring heroes and we respect no precedents.

The colonial intrusion was nothing more than an episode in the history of Africa.

We lack statesmen with any sense of history. Politics of the moment dominates our life, leaving no room for evaluating achievement or appreciating merit.

History interacts with the nation.

We have so little consciousness of a time perspective. We act and react as if there is only today, no yesterday, no tomorrow.

The nation suffers with no sense of history. Its values remain superficial and ephemeral unless imbued with a deep sense of continuity and a perception of success and achievement that transcends acquisition of temporary power or transient wealth.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jacob Ade Ajayi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.