Wole Soyinka Quotes

When a leader encourages the culture of impunity, the society is lost and it makes the work harder for the rest of us.

Wole Soyinka

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• Leader
• Harder
• Impunity

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  Wole Soyinka
  • Culture
  • Lost
  • Leader