Author: Ibrahim Babangida

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It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line.

It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line.

- Ibrahim Babangida

It is only through books that we partake of the great harvest that is human civilization across the ages.

It is only through books that we partake of the great harvest that is human civilization across the ages.

- Ibrahim Babangida

We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.

We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.

- Ibrahim Babangida

Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people.

Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people.

- Ibrahim Babangida

But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement.

But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement.

- Ibrahim Babangida

Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.

Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.

- Ibrahim Babangida

Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy.

Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy.

- Ibrahim Babangida

If you ask me to summarise our mission, I would put it this way: We were a military regime that sought to lay the foundations for freedom and liberty in a complex society.

If you ask me to summarise our mission, I would put it this way: We were a military regime that sought to lay the foundations for freedom and liberty in a complex society.

- Ibrahim Babangida

A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.

A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.

- Ibrahim Babangida

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