# A Man of the People

- Author: [Chinua Achebe](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chinua-achebe.md)
- Quotes: 6
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/chinua-achebe/a-man-of-the-people

## Quotes

> We had all accepted things from white skins that none of us would have brooked from our own people.

p. 41 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chinua-achebe/a-man-of-the-people/we-had-all.md)

> What mattered was that a man had treated me as no man had a right to treat another—not even if he was master and the other slave; and my manhood requires that I made him pay for his insult in full measure.

p. 73 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chinua-achebe/a-man-of-the-people/what-mattered-was.md)

> A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chinua-achebe/a-man-of-the-people/a-man-of-worth.md)

> 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?

p. 73 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chinua-achebe/a-man-of-the-people/thats-all-they.md)

> He looked as bright as a new shilling in his immaculate white robes.

p. 36 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chinua-achebe/a-man-of-the-people/he-looked-as-bright.md)

> In Chief Nanga’s company it was impossible not to be merry.

p. 58 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chinua-achebe/a-man-of-the-people/in-chief-nangas.md)