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There is plenty of room at the top because very few people care to travel beyond the average route. And so most of us seem satisfied to remain within the confines of mediocrity.

— Nnamdi Azikiwe My Odyssey (1971)

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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar.

My life is a pilgrimage from the unknown to the unknown. I do not know whence I emanated or whither I am bound.

My Odyssey (1970)

No matter how old an individual may be, no matter if he is young or old, if he thinks in accordance with the times he is immortal.

My stiffest earthly assignment is ended and my major life's work is done. My country is now free and I have been honoured to be its first indigenous head of state. What more could one desire in life?

These experiences convince me that man is, at heart, innately sociable and ardently desires the fellowship of humanity, irrespective of race; yet social forces hasten the disintegration of the social structure by irrational codes of behaviour and conventions.

My Odyssey (1970)

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