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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is only by opening doors of opportunities for everybody that we too shall enjoy the same dose of opportunity. The late Kwame Nkrumah would say this is a process that demands that we walk together. He quoted an African proverb which says:- “If you want to go fast, walk alone. But if you want to go far, you must walk with others”. For this process to go all the way, we have no choice but to walk with each other, hand in glove, whether you like the shape of my nose or not. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me also remind hon. Members that there are no perfect Constitutions; there has never been, and that is why every Constitution normally has in its infrastructure, opportunity for growth and regeneration. Indeed, on September 17th as the delegates in Philadelphia appended their signatures to the Draft Constitution of the United States, there were many delegates who were very unhappy with that Draft. Some had even walked out of the conference and their feelings of no absolute satisfaction were well captured by the words of Benjamin Franklin who said:- “There are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. I doubt too whether any other convention we can obtain maybe able to make a better Constitution”. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Benjamin Franklin, reflecting the sentiments of many other delegates, was accepting that they had done the best they could. We must come to a point when we say, we have given it our best shot and this journey must come to a close and move this country forward."
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