58 Quotes by Olusegun Obasanjo

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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