Chinua Achebe

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country.

It's tremendously undemocratic in a democratic society when you deliberately disenfranchise thousands of people.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.