Well the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis an antagonism which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact can simplify the history of human society the evolution of human society as a contest between power and freedom.
Quotes By Wole Soyinka
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Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the...
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Power is domination control and therefore a very selective form of truth...
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There's a kind of dynamic quality about theater and that dynamic quality...
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My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems seeing a...
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I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning put a...
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There is only one home to the life of a river-mussel there is only one home...
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And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing...
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I found when I left that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet...
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And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to...
Quotes About Freedom
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Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and...
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What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or...
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If I am outspoken of the dangers of intemperance to members of our armed...
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We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take...
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Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for...
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Without economic development any potential for political openness and...
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The very first things that I did even in theater were bad guys. They are...
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To me music has to be about freedom. It's the most important thing in my life.
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People ask me if I ever thought of writing a children's book. I say 'If I...