{
  "type": "book",
  "site": {
    "name": "Leafy Quotes",
    "language": "en",
    "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com"
  },
  "formats": "Every page has two versions with the same data: JSON (the page address + .json) and markdown (the page address + .md). Append .json or .md to any `url` in this document.",
  "title": "A Man of the People",
  "slug": "a-man-of-the-people",
  "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/chinua-achebe/a-man-of-the-people",
  "json": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/chinua-achebe/a-man-of-the-people.json",
  "markdown": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/chinua-achebe/a-man-of-the-people.md",
  "author": {
    "name": "Chinua Achebe",
    "slug": "chinua-achebe",
    "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/chinua-achebe"
  },
  "cover": "https://quivercdn.com/covers/penguin-books/chinua-achebe/a-man-of-the-people_978-03-8508-616-5.jpg",
  "quotes_count": 2,
  "quotes": [
    {
      "id": "2e9e1a40-9247-4601-a18a-703baeee6604",
      "slug": "a-man-of-worth",
      "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/chinua-achebe/a-man-of-the-people/a-man-of-worth",
      "text": "A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.",
      "language": "en",
      "character": null,
      "chapter": null,
      "chapter_parent": null,
      "page": null,
      "verified": false,
      "original": null,
      "other_languages": [],
      "topics": [
        {
          "name": "words",
          "slug": "words",
          "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/words"
        },
        {
          "name": "honour",
          "slug": "honour",
          "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/honour"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "name": "Wikiquote",
        "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chinua_Achebe#Man_of_the_People_(1966)",
        "license": {
          "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"
        }
      },
      "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:55:55"
    },
    {
      "id": "22e49b6b-cc17-4c55-a0b1-2c20a6e57437",
      "slug": "thats-all-they",
      "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/chinua-achebe/a-man-of-the-people/thats-all-they",
      "text": "That’s all they cared for,’ [Max] said with a solemn face. ‘Women, cars, landed property. But what else can you expect when intelligent people leave politics to illiterates like Chief Nanga?",
      "language": "en",
      "character": null,
      "chapter": null,
      "chapter_parent": null,
      "page": 73,
      "verified": false,
      "original": null,
      "other_languages": [],
      "topics": [
        {
          "name": "politics",
          "slug": "politics",
          "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/politics"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "name": "Wikiquote",
        "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chinua_Achebe#Man_of_the_People_(1966)",
        "license": {
          "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"
        }
      },
      "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:55:55"
    }
  ]
}