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The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically intelligence plus
character that is the goal of true education
Life is most persistent and urgent question is what are you doing for others
Faith is taking the first step even when you do not see the whole stair case
I refuse to accept the wishes that mankind is so strategically bound to the starless midnight of
racism and war brotherhood can never become a reality. I believe that unarmed truth and un
conditional love will have the final world
Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate only love can
do that
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable every step toward the goal of justice requires
sacrifice, suffering and struggle, the tireless exertions and passionate concern of the dedicated
individuals
In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies but silence of our friends
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged
by the colour of their skin. But the content of their character
As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest
Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front
Live life as through nobody is watching and express yourself as though everyone is listening
Our task is not to liberate the oppressed but to liberate the oppressors
Let us give publicity to HIV/AIDs and not hide it because that is the way to make it appear like a
normal illness
Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and
passionate about what they do
Resent meant is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies
English by nationality, Dramatic by type, born 23rd April 1564 and died 23rd April 1616
A fool thinks himself to be wise but a wise man knows himself to be a fool
Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them
All the worlds a stage and all the men and women merely players, they have their exits and their
own entrances and one man in his time plays his parts, his acts being seven ages
When a father gives to his son, both laugh: when a son gives to his father both cry
We know that Africa is neither French nor British nor Russian that is African. We know the objects
of the west. Yesterday they divided us on the level of the tribe, clan and village. They want to create
antagonistic blocs, satellites
Without dignity, there is no liberty without justice, there is no dignity and without independence
there are no freemen
The day will come when history will speak. But it will not be the history which will be taught in
Brussels, Paris, Washington or the United Nations. Africa will write its own history of glory and
dignity
The only thing which we wanted for our country is the right to a worthy life to dignity without
pretence, to independence without restrictions. This was never the desire of the Belgian colonialists
and their western allies
The divisions which the colonial powers have always exploited the better to dominate us, have
played an important role and still playing that role in the suicide of Africa
African unity and solidarity are no longer dreams they must be expressed in decisions
Political independence has no meaning if it is not accompanied by rapid economic and social
development
QUOTATIONS OF KWAME NKURUMAH
Former president for life Born 21st September 1909 and died 27th April 1972. Ghanaian by nationality
Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. They claim it as their
own and none can keep it from them
Those who would judge us merely by the heights we have achieved would do well to remember the
depth from which we started
Revolutions are brought about by men. By men who think as men of action and act as men of
thought
I am not African because I was born in Africa but because African was born in me
We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore, Today from now on, there is a new African in the
world
All people of African descent, whether they live in North or South America, the Caribbean or in any
part of the world are Africans and belong to African nation
The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of the
African continent
The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the super imposed influences that keep us
apart
Mahata Magandi was worn on 2nd October 1869 and died on 30th January 1984
An eye for an eye only under making the whole world blind
First they ignore you, then laugh at you, then fight you then you win
Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do in larmancy
You must lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the
ocean does not become dirty
The weak can here forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live powers
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others
Strength does not come from physical capacity; it comes from an indomitable will
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon
A man will fight harder for his interests than his rights
The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos,
both his own and the enemies
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good
or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them
A man way die, nation may rise and fall, but an idea lives on
Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction
We are tired to the ocean, and when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch, we are
going back from when we come
The great enemy of the truth is ever often not the lied, deliberate continued and dishonest, but ay
be persistent, permissive and unrealistic
Everything can be explained to the people, on the single condition that you want them to
understand
When we revolt it is not for a particular culture, we revolt simply because for many reasons we can
no longer breath
Today I believe in the possibility of love, that is why I endeavour to trace its imperfections, its
perversions.
The Negro enslaved by his inferiority, the white man enslaved by his superiority a like behave in
accordance with a neurotic orientation
Each generation must out of relative obscurity, discourse its mission fulfil it or betray it
They realise at least that change does not reform that change does not improve
QUOTATIONS OF SOCRATES
By all means, marry if you get a good wife, you will become happy. If you get a bad one, you will
become a philosopher
To know is to know that you know nothing that is the meaning of true knowledge
Our prayers should be for blessings in general for God knows best what is good for us
The wisdom comes to each of us when we realise how little we understand about life ourselves and
the world around us
As marriage or celibary, let a man take which course he will be sure to repent
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like him
Worthless people live only to eat and drink , people of worth eat and drink only to live
QUOTATIONS OF PLATO
Human behaviour flows from three main sources, desires, emotion and knowledge
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life
To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way
A hero is born among a hundred , a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one
might not be found even among a hundred thousand men
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation
Music is a world law. It gives soul to the universe, wives to the mind, flight to the imagination and
charm and quality of life and to everything
The president of Uganda born 15th August 1944 and his still living
The island is in Kenya; the water is in Uganda. But the luos are made they want to fish here but this
is Uganda
Africa is wealthy in natural resources; the problem is they are not optimally utilised
Some people think that being in government for long is a bad thing but the more you stay, the
more you learn. I am now an expert in governance
We used to fight the LRA with only one dimensional force that only walks on foot, but now we have
got multiple forces to fight the rebels
When the problems in Libya started, the African union set up a committee to address the situation.
We urgently advised the Europeans not to intervene. You have done so anyway, now we are seeing
absolute chaos there
I do not pick up people. This is the work of the police. If there is anybody with the case to answer
its the police and not me
Refugee problems can only be solved in the region of origin. May be a little help from the US they
need to deliver
I shall not be determined by people who do not see where the future of Africa is like. It is the short-
sighted people who put their opinions in writing. They do not understand that the future of all
countries lies in processing