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"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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"Don't wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your soul."
"I am not your dear; I cannot lie down: send me to school soon, Mrs. Reed, for I hate to live here."
"Independence is paramount and freedom holds a lot of new possibilities, if all the chances are given at the right time."
"True respect comes when we fend for ourselves without the aid of anyone, and when we owned something and say, 'this is my own'! Not necessarily as a way of boasting of our abundance and grace, but having a feeling that we can use it without obstruction, or being asked to return the favor."
"When you are dead you are independent, when you are alive your always dependent. It really doesn't matter are you there or there there is somebody above you, always!"
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"Never let a day be your control factor."
"The dream is yours. why are you asking others to validate or nourish it? Your journey must be self-propelled. It must be fueled from within."
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"I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet."
"Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature."
"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."
"The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"But since independence, Gabon is one of the few countries in Central Africa that enjoys peace and stability."
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