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“I think, tribalism is a mental prison…and pride of identity coupled with arrogance is one of the leading factors that limit one’s ability to abandon it.”
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“If you are a leader or someone who works for the interest of a community, first make sure that you understand the interest of the people who make up that community. In this way, you will have a good chance of minimizing, perhaps, avoiding the us versus them mentality.”
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“A politician lost an argument; he went on a rampage with his fists pointed towards the sky—a move which amounts to a search for a new self.”
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“The Republic of South Sudan does not belong to a particular tribe—it belongs to all tribes of South Sudan; those who think so should think coherently. The truth is, tribalism kills and destroys.”
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“Peace becomes a fantasy when egos are promoted and facts distorted.”
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“African leaders should not turn the continent into a giant collector of donations and loans from wealthy nations—they must find other plausible means to help establish their economic security so as to minimize poverty. This incoherent blunder on the mainland must be scrutinized.”
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“A majority opinion does not represent the ultimate decision because such a view is not unanimous and lacks general will.”
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“It is morally appalling for the so called liberators of South Sudan to keep liberating their own people from a war that has already been won.”
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“If a man is not sure of his future, he should consciously adjust his thinking.”
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“It is easy to confuse a fantasy for a reality.”
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“A good lie does not exist.”
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“A self-proclaimed politician lost an argument; he went on a rampage with his fists pointed towards the sky—a move which amounts to a search for a new self.”
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“Rational is when an act is performed based on logical grounds.”
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“A man who does not question his own judgment, society, and who flourishes between deceit and bewilderment, fails his moral responsibility as a rational being.”
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“People should not confuse opinions and rules with egocentric interests.”
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“It is better to make an irrational noise in a bush than in a desert.”
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“When greed transcends rationale, morality becomes irrelevant.”
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“He who jumps for the sake of jumping will probably keep jumping until he jumps back into his own jumping ground.”
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“The mentality of who is your uncle—an ethnocentric way of thinking, is one of the leading causes of South Sudan’s internal conflicts.”
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“It is not in our interest, I suppose, to let South Sudan fall under the category of the burdened societies. We must be critical about our own actions if we want to move forward as a nation proud of its immense diversity.”
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“Human beings have never agreed whether or not there is only one universal or sacred divine entity in a supposedly glorious and transcendent place.”
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“The IGAD-Plus's compromise peace agreement is probably pregnant with a noisy, perhaps thunderous baby.”
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“Tyranny comes in many shapes and forms. It is social, regional, economic, political and foreign.”
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“Politics tends to breed and justify irrationality.”
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“A cowardly tyrant only remembers his own greatness in imagination.”
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“There are corrupted Muslims who have become Christians and corrupted Christians who have become Muslims. They called it freedom of religion.”
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“There is no doubt in my mind that the South Sudanese civil war has exposed global hypocrisy in a stunning way — and I am not quite sure if this level of hypocrisy is a Western, African, or Eastern one.”
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