Abdoulaye Wade Quotes

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

  Abdoulaye Wade

  Winning, Humanity, Battle

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• 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.

  Abdoulaye Wade

  Running, Support, Economy

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• 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.

  Abdoulaye Wade

  Europe, Together We Can, Space

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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

  Abdoulaye Wade

  Men, Generations, Defeat

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• 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.

  Abdoulaye Wade

  Country, Children, Mind

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

  Abdoulaye Wade

  Freedom, Democracy, Snapping

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

  Abdoulaye Wade

  Education, Umpires, Justice

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

  Abdoulaye Wade

  Counting, Private Sector, Crucial

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• 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.

  Abdoulaye Wade

  Education, Teacher, Essentials

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