Wole Soyinka Quotes

Power, Of Course. The Primitive Fear Of Being Controlled. It Does Not Matter Whether It Is An Invasion From Outer Space Or Power Wielded From A Subterranean Command Post: Some Alien Force Is About To Take Control On Us, To Dominate - And, If Necessary In The Process, To Terminate Our Existence. We Never Stop To Think - Or, At Best, A Secondary Consideration Is Whether Such A Force Might Be For The Good, That Humanity Might Indeed Be Improved By Such A Takeover. Volition, To Which We Desperately Cling, Is The Very Definition Of Our Mature Completion As Social Beings.

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