Olusegun Obasanjo quotes
A lot of heat, but unfortunately little light, has been generated bythe debate over my being a retired soldier, as if it were a crime to have chosen a profession with the potential for supreme sacrifice for one's nation.
Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.
I can assure you that Nigeria is not just the number one item on our agenda. Nigeria is in fact the only item on our agenda.
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.
Many are the people, Nigerians and non-Nigerians, dead and alive, that God has used and is still using in the course of my life journey.
My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it.
Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country.
Religion mixed with politics in a multi-faith country like ours portends destruction and devastation.
Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it is often of our dedication to the principle of the rule of law.
Yet there comes a time in the life of a patriot when abdication would amount to a betrayal if not outright treachery.
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