I have been a socialist all along. I discovered early in life that a lot of the codes of Islam are patterned along socialist lines. - Aminu Kano

I hated government that sat on people

What we have to do in this country is to try as much as possible not to be identified with any socialist camp but only that of the Nigerian experience. . . . [My brand of socialism is ] Nigerian socialism. To achieve it, we should take into account our traditional way of life, our temper, our economic potentialities and resources, our attitude to family life, our attitude to work and international good neighbourliness. These are what will give us the ingredients for our own kind of socialism. This will make us avoid the mistake of copying other people's arrangements which may be unsuitable for our particular situation.

The road to freedom is full of thorns and fire, yet happy is he who follows it!