Fatou Bensouda Quotes

#1. Informed criticism is one thing, ignorant abuse quite another.

Peter Bray

#2. What offends me the most when I hear criticisms about this so-called Africa bias is how quick we are to focus on the words and propaganda of a few powerful, influential individuals, and to forget about the millions of anonymous people who suffer from their crimes.

Fatou Bensouda

#3. The waters are in motion, but the moon retains its serenity.

D.T. Suzuki

#4. More retirees, longer life expectancy, larger benefits, and fewer workers - these trends have meant substantial increases in the payroll tax. Since the social security program began, the payroll tax has increased more than 500 percent.

Alex Tabarrok

#5. I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.

Fatou Bensouda

#6. I do not think that it is right for me to start giving opinions about the human rights situation of any country, including Gambia, except when those crimes translate into the crimes that I have to investigate.

Fatou Bensouda

#7. I've been wanting to do a book about baseball for the longest time, and nobody will let me do it. It's the one thing from America I really miss.

Bill Bryson

#8. Men who believe that, through some exceptional grace or good fortune, they have found God, feel little need of culture.

Agnes Repplier

#9. The office is the laboratory and meeting your users is like going into the field. You can't just stay in the lab. And it's not just asking users what they want, it's about seeing what they're doing.

Brian Chesky

#10. I am working for the victims of Africa, they are African like me. That's where I get my inspiration and my pride,

Fatou Bensouda

#11. Has the international criminal court avoided opening an investigation into alleged war crimes in Gaza due to political pressure. The answer is an unequivocal "no". As prosecutor of the ICC, I reject any suggestion of this in the strongest terms.

Fatou Bensouda

#12. We say that the ICC is targeting Africans, but all of the victims in our cases in Africa are African victims.

Fatou Bensouda

#13. I am an African and I am very proud of that.

Fatou Bensouda

#14. I think my track record speaks for myself ... I have been endorsed by the African Union, but I am a prosecutor for 121 states parties and this is what I intend to be until the end of my mandate.

Fatou Bensouda