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.

Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.

Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice.

I am a black man inside and outside and you are white men on the outside, but inside, you are Africans like me.

My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it.

I will not say the fact that there are no European Union observers at an election means that it will not be fair and free.

We will as soon as possible reexamine our laws and policies and eliminate all obstacles to genuine investment.

Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country.

My joy knows no bounds... I will devote all my energy and all the powers available to me to the service of Nigeria and humanity.

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.

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.

We will work to bring an element of stability to the price of oil.

What the oil producer gets paid is about 16 percent. The majority of it is tax, which in fairness to the government of this country they have accepted and admitted.

I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge that our foreign friends are welcome to join in our endeavor to develop the resources of our country.

Fighting corruption is not a one-night affair.

I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end.

If I am not above the law, nobody in this country can then claim to be above the law.

The givers of most of the corruption in Africa are from outside Africa.

There is no part of the world where corruption is absolutely eliminated.

We regard America and Europe as old friends. We keep old friends, but we make new friends in Japan, India, and China.

When I left office in 1979, I was about the only one who had really left public office on my own.

Corruption the greatest single bane of our society today.

My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door no human can shut it.

The history of Christianity, therefore, must be of concern to all who are interested in the record of man and particularly to all who seek to understand the contemporary human scene.

There may or may not be a God or gods; the Siblings do not concern themselves with proving or disproving such a thing. By definition, gods are more powerful than men, and thus quite able to fend for themselves without help.

It is a very real concern and my view is that everything changed on September 11th and the procedure, the policies that were in place prior to September 11th no longer should apply.

We have to make philosophy itself an object of philosophical concern.

Common sense tells us that this explosion of media sources should eliminate any concern over a lack of diversity of views in the marketplace and competition.

What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns him only until he picks up his pen, and it begins to concern him again as soon as he lays it down.

The idea of it becomes a little freaky if you're dealing with someone who has trouble differentiating between fantasy and reality, but that's a concern no matter what kind of movie you're dealing with.

As soon as you concern yourself with the 'good' and 'bad' of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weaken and defeat you.

Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls may well be the ultimate argument in favor of term limitations.

Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

Much has been said and continues to be said of what little concern the Turks had for the Acropolis treasures.

We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters.

Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of.

It is not as though the process of production holds any mystery for me, I know exactly what it involves and I know the predominant concern in shooting one of those things is production values - or as they would say, seeing it all up there on screen.

The success and the failure are not my concern, but His.

My mission is a cosmic mission. My concern is for all of humanity, and not only this present world, but the world hereafter. My mission penetrates the past, present, and future, and encompasses all humanity.

It doesn't much concern me if Tiger plays in the tournament or no.

Above and beyond the question of how to grow the economy there is a legitimate concern about how to grow the quality of our lives.

Our nation's immigration policy has been of top concern in recent years, and for good reason. With between eight and twelve million illegal aliens in the United States, it is obviously a problem out of control.

We need to enact a strong standard that will stop a terrorist or illegal alien from getting a driver's license because border security is a major concern in a post-September 11th world.

The main concern of the study is with the outline of a theoretical system. Its minor variations from writer to writer are not a matter of concern to this analysis.

You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.

With the club now in administration and concern about where the money for land sale has gone, I know there are huge commercial difficulties to be resolved, but I hope that football will once again become the most important issue.

An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.

A knowledge of the forces that rule society, of the causes that have produced its upheavals, and of society's resources for promoting healthy progress has become of vital concern to our civilization.