Omar Bongo Quotes

Do not forget that the Arab countries, starting with Algeria and Egypt, are the ones that have paid the heaviest toll because of Islamic terror.
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Forget, Islamic, Paid

Because the world is in economic recession, which worsened since this drama happened, and our country will bear the burden of all of these consequences.
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Country, Since, Economic

But it is important to observe that when Europe or the United Nations impose sanctions that are supposed to be aimed against a certain regime, usually generally millions of people end up being directly punished.
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End, Important, Against

But since independence, Gabon is one of the few countries in Central Africa that enjoys peace and stability.
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Peace, Few, Since

But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.
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Respect, Democracy, Consider

Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own.
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Cannot, Africa, Trade

Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.
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Achieve, Economic, Results

For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a commodity - of political groups aiming to rise to power.
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Power, Respect, Struggle

From the time of independences until the end of the Cold War, in spite of the participation of a considerable number of African states in the non-aligned movement, everyone in fact chose to align with one or another of the two major blocks.
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Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it.
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Power, End, Between

I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.
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Communication, Freedom, Free

I'm not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize!
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Peace, Prize, Aiming

If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.
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Fight, Union, Military

In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world.
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Political, Democracy, Western

In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity.
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Short, Duty, Among

In spite of our poverty and our economic dependence, we do not have to give in, neither because we are sometimes abandoned nor because of the wish of some nations to impose their economic or political models.
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Political, Give, Wish

Information on the Internet must be as free as in the newspapers.
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Free, Internet, Newspapers

Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature.
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Nature, Today, Political

It is important to stress: Africa is also a victim of the September 11 attacks.
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Stress, Important, Africa

It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam.
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Islam, Fight, Against

It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.
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Courage, Political, Place

My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions.
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Peace, Country, Same

The African Union has to act in order to put an end to armed conflicts that undermine the continent, to fight against the devastation caused by AIDS and other contagious diseases, to promote sustainable development of its member states.
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End, Fight, Put

The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.
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Between, Union, Encourage

The free market economy is supposed to be the only path leading to the happiness of humanity by promoting wealth and prosperity, power and influence of nations.
Omar Bongo

Happiness, Power, Humanity

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Biography

Nationality: Gabonese

Type: Statesman

Born: December 30, 1935

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