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As far as the constitution allows me, I will try to ensure that there is responsible and accountable governance at all levels of government in the country. For I will not have kept my own trust with the Nigerian people if I allow others abuse theirs under my watch.

Watch People Trust Under
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Every new government inherits problems. Ours was no different. But what Nigerians want are solutions, quick solutions not a recitation of problems inherited.

Quick Inherits New Solutions
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We must change our lawless habits, our attitude to public office and public trust. We must change our unruly behavior in schools, hospitals, market places, motor parks, on the roads, in homes and offices. To bring about change, we must change ourselves by being law-abiding citizens.

Trust Roads Citizen Change
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The Federal Executive under my watch will not seek to encroach on the duties and functions of the Legislative and Judicial arms of government.

Watch Duties Arms Under
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It is only when the three arms act constitutionally that government will be enabled to serve the country optimally and avoid the confusion all too often bedeviled governance today.

Today Often Avoid Country
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We shall rebuild and reform the public service to become more effective and more serviceable. We shall charge them to apply themselves with integrity to stabilize the system.

System Apply Charge Reform
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I appeal to employers and workers alike to unite in raising productivity so that everybody will have the opportunity to share in increased prosperity.

Share Unite Appeal Worker
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We have to upgrade our dilapidated physical infrastructure. No single cause can be identified to explain Nigerian’s poor economic performance over the years than the power situation. It is a national shame that an economy of 180 million generates only 4,000MW, and distributes even less.

Power Shame Economy Single
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The amnesty programme in the Niger Delta is due to end in December, but the government intends to invest heavily in the projects, and programmes currently in place.

Place Due Intends Invest
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Justice is justice, whether it’s done in Africa or elsewhere in the world. The important thing is let justice be done, whatever evidence the prosecution has in Senegal. I think they should – you should proceed to make it available to the world and prosecute him according to international law on human rights.

Right World Proceed Africa
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I pledge myself and the government to the rule of law, in which none shall be so above the law that they are not subject to its dictates, and none shall be so below it that they are not availed of its protection.

Law Rule Pledge Dictates
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We will always take all threats against the people of Delta State seriously.

Threats Against We People
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Only an organized and conscious people can bring about a different kind of society.

Organized Conscious people Different Kind
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally
Wise Man Fool Finally
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Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself

Conquers Demolish Commits Great error.
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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

Titles Honor Men
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One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
One Deceives Allow
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Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot.

Destroyed Treated Revenge Slight injury
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Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions

Simple Inclined Deceiver Lack
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God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.
Willing Everything Share Glory
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To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people.

People Prince Understand Nature
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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
Wish Obeyed Command
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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.

Benefits Conferred Gradually Taste better.
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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.

Secure Feared Loved
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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.

Prince Government Dangerous Elements
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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

Hatred Gained Good Work
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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

Prince Never lack Legitimate Promise
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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.

Change Leaves Establishment
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The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
Promise Necessity Past Broken
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Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.

Men Rise Ambition Attack
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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.

Tardiness Rob Opportunity Dispatch
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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.

Shrink Offending Inspire Fear
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I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
Interested Preserving Status quo Overthrow
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We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.

Attribute Fortune Achieved
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A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.

Ruler Faith Interest
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Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.

Mankind Fickle Hypocritical Greedy
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There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.

Surer Decay Country Religion
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
Double Pleasure Deceive
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If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

Injury Severe Vengeance Feared
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Never was anything great achieved without danger.

Anything Achieved Danger
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It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope.

Presupposed Arrange law Evil
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The prayer to know your purpose is more important than the prayer to make money or prosperity.
Prayer Purpose Money Prosperity
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As a citizen of this country, I've got to be honest to the people of South Africa.

Africa Citizen Country Got
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When I joined the ANC, I never thought I would be anything. In no way, did I say, 'One day I could be the president. I think I am good material for the presidency.' Not at all.

Am Anything Could Day
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We South Africans are also crazy about football, so the World Cup can be nothing but successful.

About African Also Crazy
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Criminality is always the result of poverty. Countries that experience such a fundamental change as we have - we had the apartheid regime and must now develop a multicultural democracy - must necessarily pass through a phase of high crime rates.

Always Apartheid Change Countries
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Africa suffered under European dominance for centuries.
Africa Centuries Dominance European
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There is no cloud above my head - there is not even a mist.

Above Cloud Even Head
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The majority in this country have not seen anything wrong with Zuma. I go with the overwhelming feeling of this country. If the majority say, 'Zuma, do this,' I will do it.

Anything Country Feeling Go
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You don't just end up with freedom when you have the vote. The struggle continues.

End Freedom Just Struggle
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