“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.”

“Thank God she doesn't have to be confirmed by the Senate.(on the birth of his granddaughter)”

“I am sure I'd have made a better all-around man if I hadn't lost so much time just making a living.”

“All men are equal before fish.”

“My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor.”

“America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.”

“I will wait for you until the gold from the sun dwindles away.”

“Gold is the corpse of value...”

“Gold conjures up a mist about a man, more destructive of all his old senses and lulling to his feelings than the fumes of charcoal.”

“God and government can work together”

“When it comes down to it, government is simply an abandonment of responsibility on the assumption that there are people, other than ourselves, who really know how to manage things. But the governme...”

“In our country let us reject violence and selfishness which could destroy Nigeria unity.”