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We must read history books, and do more than merely read them: we must learn, mark and inwardly digest what we have read. (Page 306)

— Obafemi Awolowo

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What I am celebrating is not my birthday but my transition to the world beyond. The fact that I am celebrating it must mean that the world beyond is a good place to be.

The man who stole the precious rings, if he doesn’t drop it voluntarily, it will soon be taken from him. A time will come when the misery of the [ Yoruba ] People will become unbearable, they will then rise by themselves to demand a redirection of their destinies.

The yearning of independence is a natural instinct embedded in the breast of man by Nature. (Page 199)

Violence never settles anything right: apart from injuring your own soul. (Page 300)

If the Eastern Region is allowed by acts of omission or commission to secede from or opt out of Nigeria, then the Western Region and Lagos must also stay out of the Federation.

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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