Ibrahim Babangida

(12 votes)   But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement.

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(8 votes)   If you ask me to summarise our mission, I would put it this way: We were a military regime that sought to lay the foundations for freedom and liberty in a complex society.

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(7 votes)   The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could provide for him or her.

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(6 votes)   Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.

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(6 votes)   Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of reforming Nigeria, and the search for solutions.

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(6 votes)   Even now, we make no apologies for the choice we made. The sacrifices we made were selfless. The options we offered were patriotic while the paths we chose were well thought out.

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(6 votes)   There is also work to do in the evolution of a stable family life and values, and in ensuring that the Nigerian family is built on core values that will form the bedrock of the future society. We must showcase the ideals of family life and be models of family values.

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(13 votes)   A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.

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(7 votes)   Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes not to blunder anew.

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(7 votes)   For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in all its dimensions and ramifications.

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(7 votes)   It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line.

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(7 votes)   The history of our country is not the history of any other country in the world which is either practicing advanced democracy or struggling to lay the foundation for democracy.

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(7 votes)   There are no doubts that, the situation in the country today, indicates that there is much more work to do in the process of reforming the political economy and improving the quality of life of our people and communities.

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(6 votes)   Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy.

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(6 votes)   It is only through books that we partake of the great harvest that is human civilization across the ages.

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