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" Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today. "
Corruption
Single
Our
" Fighting corruption is not a one-night affair. "
Corruption
Affair
One-Night
" I am a black man inside and outside and you are white men on the outside, but inside, you are Africans like me. "
You
Me
Man
" I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end. "
God
Doing
I Believe
" If I am not above the law, nobody in this country can then claim to be above the law. "
Claim
I Am
Nobody
" 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. "
Opportunity
Country
Friends
" 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. "
Election
Fair
Say
" 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. "
Power
Me
God
" My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it. "
Me
Human
God
" 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. "
Energy
Humanity
Joy
" Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country. "
Our
Country
Business
" Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice. "
Injustice
Dictatorship
Country
" The givers of most of the corruption in Africa are from outside Africa. "
Corruption
Most
Outside
" There is no part of the world where corruption is absolutely eliminated. "
Where
Corruption
Absolutely
" 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. "
Political
Law
Democracy
" We regard America and Europe as old friends. We keep old friends, but we make new friends in Japan, India, and China. "
Old Friends
India
America
" We will as soon as possible reexamine our laws and policies and eliminate all obstacles to genuine investment. "
Investment
Genuine
Obstacles
" We will work to bring an element of stability to the price of oil. "
Price
Oil
Bring
" 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. "
Tax
Oil
Government
" When I left office in 1979, I was about the only one who had really left public office on my own. "
Public
Only
Own
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