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"My ambition is to help build a strong and united Nigeria in which every region can make its fullest contribution."

— Ahmadu Bello

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"I have dedicated myself to work untiringly for the progress and happiness of the people of the North."

"Leadership is a sacred trust, and those entrusted with it must always place the welfare of the people above personal interest."

I always remind people of our firmly rooted policy of religious tolerance. We have no intention of favoring one religion at the expense of another.

"Here in Northern Nigeria we have people of many different races, tribes and religions who are knit together by common history, common interest and common ideas. The things that unite us are stronger than the things that divide us."

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To rank the effort above the prize may be called love.

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The poor, by thinking unceasingly of money, reach the point of losing the spiritual advantages of non-possession, thereby sinking as low as the rich.

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A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune, and favor cannot satisfy him.

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