The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.

Wole Soyinka

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Topic

Political courage Tyranny

Author

Wole Soyinka

Source

The Man Died: Prison Notes

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Writer

From

Nigeria Africa

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Citation

Soyinka, Wole. "A Letter to Compatriots." The Man Died: Prison Notes. Harper & Row/Rex Collings Limited, 1972.

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To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

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Language
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Time
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Benjamin, Walter. Einbahnstraße [One Way Street]. Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, 1928.

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The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.

James Madison

Federalist 47

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James Madison
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Federalist 47 The Federalist Papers
Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
1788 1780s 18th century
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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 47: The Particular Structure of the New Government and the Distribution of Power Among Its Different Parts." New York Packet, 1 Feb. 1788.

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Madison, James. "No. 47: Complete separation of powers not required.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.