13 Quotes by Macon Hawkins


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    He got an automatic rifle and pointed it straight at him, and he chastised him about how the British treated people. I thought John was going to die.

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    I think the U.S. needs to keep up the pressure on the Nigerian government to pay attention to these people, and do something about their poor conditions. Because I honestly, truly believe these people will fight till death. And there's going to be one behind every tree from now on.

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    You need to get the U.N. involved. They can do a lot of good.

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    They get nothing out of the oil, and they produce all of the oil. They're tired of it, so they're going to fight, and they're going to fight until death.

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    It's an experience that I won't want to do again. They treated me quite well; they called me 'papa.' These boys are very sincere in what they are doing.

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    These people have no schools, no hospitals. They're very poor, it's time to do something.

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    I have no animosity toward them at all. I've seen their little villages. They're dirt poor, poor as field mice.

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