Thread by @arewacycle

Top 10 quotes by

Mal. Aminu Kano a politician from Kano Nigeria. Who led the 1940s socialist movement in the northern part of the country in opposition to British rule.

1. The road to freedom is full of thorns and fire, yet happy is he who follows it!

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2. As long as we continue to think we will be happy in the future, we will never be happy in the moment, and that is the same as saying that we will never be happy. If we think that our lives will be better when we get that better job or retire, stay or go, gain or lose weight,

or when our children grow and leave or come back, we are putting off the happiness that there is in today.

3. Anyone who wants to be a leader must be the servant, not the boss, of those he wants to serve.

4. The system doesn't have to be pure, but it does have to work.

5. I am more interested in the purpose of government than its mechanics-though the means should at least be good enough to lead to the ends desired.

6. One must scratch that part of the body or mind that itches.

7. He who allows himself to be arrested for a crime he did not commit will be expelled from the party, but if he resists and comes to us on a stretcher, he is a hero.

8. One can't realize difficulty arriving at a momentous decision until one comes to do so.

9. A bowl rotates faster at the top than at the bottom.

10. Nigeria will Know No Peace until the Son of Nobody can become Somebody without Knowing Anybody.