Obasanjo Nigeria Quotes & Sayings

Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all my energy and all I possess in my power to serve the people of Nigeria and humanity. — Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country. — Olusegun Obasanjo

This is what it might be like to be a mother, I though, watching Sasha drain her beer, wipe her mouth like a boy. To feel this unexpected, boundless tenderness for someone, seemingly out of nowhere. — Emma Cline

Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice. — Olusegun Obasanjo

I support a very active programme on disarmament and arms control for Iraq, and of course every other country in the world ... That does not require economic sanctions ... I think we've got to take the risk and give up economic sanctions while hanging on to the disarmament programme and allow the Iraqis to get on with rebuilding their country. — Denis Halliday

My joy knows no bounds ... I will devote all my energy and all the powers available to me to the service of Nigeria and humanity. — Olusegun Obasanjo

Democracy should be nurtured and sustained in Nigeria and in our part of the world — Olusegun Obasanjo

Even Jesus Christ cannot conduct a free and fair election in Nigeria. — Olusegun Obasanjo

I lean down so that my face is right in front of hers and whisper, 'He doesn't love you. I love you. — Kaui Hart Hemmings

I read Macbeth as a secondary student in Nigeria and it was like an African play to me. It had all the right elements - witches, kings and assassinations. — Sefi Atta

Some people aren't good at anything. Some people just really like donuts. — Lisa Graff

the bleakness of life takes many forms, and that none of those forms should be permitted to obscure the central mission, which is to record it honestly, powerfully, and continuously. — Ben Greenman

Best not to dream, dear. If you don't, there's nothing that can be taken from you. — Courtney Milan

I don't believe in tricky advertising, I don't believe in cute advertising, I don't believe in comic advertising. The people who perpetrate that kind of advertising never had to sell anything in their lives — David Ogilvy

The mind, in addition to medicine, has powers to turn the immune system around. — Jonas Salk