Quotes by Claude Clegg

“Maybe that facilitated the willingness of some people to project upon Africa their hopes and desires. Once they get there, many of them are shocked into a realization that they were very wrong about what Africa was about.”

“Elections themselves are not the magic bullet,”

“[Colonization] was supposed to be sort of a remedy for slavery and racial inequality in the country,”

“It was the same issue as this country and any other settler society in which you have a native people and then others who have come to settle,”

“There was a certain amount of romantic sentiment that comes through some of the letters”

“It has to be the case Liberians buy into the idea that an election will matter, they will participate and be encouraged to participate, and that the election truly brings into power a government that has the best interest of Liberian people -- all the Liberian people, not just a certain group of Liberians.”

“I think many Liberians see the United States as sort of a godfather figure, ... They see the United States as the place of their ancestors ... [but] I think thats wishful thinking.”

“I think many Liberians see the United States as sort of a godfather figure. They see the United States as the place of their ancestors ... [but] I think thats wishful thinking.”