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"In a democracy, the people choose their rulers, and not the other way around."

— Ebenezer Obadare

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"There is no such thing as local politics."

"I wanted to be near books. I've always loved books."

"Across 60-odd years of independence, rarely has the average Nigerian regardless of location felt more vulnerable and insecure."

"The first thing I used to buy with my pocket money from my parents was newspapers."

"I've always loved words."

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The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament!

Vladimir Lenin The State and Revolution (1917)

The law itself is the instrument of the ruling class; hence it is a logical impossibility for another class to assume power legally.

Oliver Cox Caste, Class, and Race: A Study in Social Dynamics (1948)

The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of bourgeois stupidity.

Gustave Flaubert

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