Abdoulaye Wade Quotes

#1. The teacher that I was for decades, and that I still am in a certain way, wondered what was meant by the word education. I was truly dumbfounded at the very thought of dealing with such an essential and extensive subject.

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#2. I support the state, but not the state-run economy. The state should intervene only to create the conditions necessary for the private sector to thrive.

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#3. We therefore must keep the faith, despite the defeat of policies, because men pass with their policies whilst generations follow each other.

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#4. Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point.

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#5. Europe is not one of the major powers. And Africa even less so of course. But Africa has what Europe lacks: space, human resources, and natural resources while Europe has the technological innovation that Africa lacks. Together we can become a power which can count in the future.

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#6. A small child from a developing country has the advantage, from a very early age, of having access to toys which structure his mind, which constitute a sure advantage over the little African child who has never even held a modern toy.

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#7. I am counting on the private sector, because it is crucial to Senegal's future.

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#8. We will win the battle for Africa, which is in effect a battle for Humanity.

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#9. Education for all seems to be the product of a type of distributive justice that is in no way related to the individual.

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#10. We wish to ensure that young Africans do not feel disorientated in the century in which they live.

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