Yakubu Gowon famous quotes
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The worth of a child born and bred in Nigeria cannot be compared to that in the United States.
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The trouble with military rule is that every colonel or general is soon full of ambition. The navy takes over today and the army tomorrow.
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I am ready to face the International Criminal Court of Justice at the Hague for prosecution over roles played by me when the war ended
-- Yakubu Gowon
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When we have accepted Jesus Christ, we have become akin to the Father; having become real children of God, we then have the spirit of sonship by which we can come into His presence and make known our wants in a familiar way.
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Happy bridegroom, Hesper brings All desired and timely things. All whom morning sends to roam, Hesper loves to lead them home. Home return who him behold, Child to mother, sheep to fold, Bird to nest from wandering wide: Happy bridegroom, seek your bride.
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I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer the child's question, "What happened next?
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Elderly gentlemen, gentle in all respects, kind to animals, beloved by children, and fond of music, are found in lonely corners of the downs, hacking at sandpits or tussocks of grass, and muttering in a blind, ungovernable fury elaborate maledictions which could not be extracted from them by robbery or murder. Men who would face torture without a word become blasphemous at the short fourteenth. It is clear that the game of golf may well be included in that category of intolerable provocations which may legally excuse or mitigate behavior not otherwise excusable.
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The pattern of discrimination that allows this discrimination was set in the founding of the United States.
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The United States was a big country where everybody wore funny t-shirts and ate too much.
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If we have any problems, it's always with the government of the United States.
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Being the first born gives you great patience.
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Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
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Doing what you were born to do … That's the way to be happy.
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