All Quotes

Economic growth is not sustainable without nation-building and, even of greater importance, state building. ”

Great economies and great nations, prosperity, and abundance of nations and communities are created by men and not spirits. ”

If the church says you are not allowed to steal, and we will ostracize you in our midst if you did, if what a man has does not measure up to what he has, if we found that a man has more money than he should have, if a man is earning a salary of a civil servant or a public servant and he has houses everywhere, we have to hold him to account. ”

As you fight corruption, it fights back. ”

Africa Rising is as much about improving standards of governance as it is about an increasingly confident youths and civil society. It is also about businessmen and women who are stepping beyond national borders and going global. ”

It is in the interest of the government and also the interest of the nation that things are done properly and that there is due process and that we are not unfair. ”

The truth is that many, if not most, nations of the world are made up of different peoples - and cultures and beliefs and religions - who find themselves thrown together by circumstance. ”

The most successful of the nations of the world are those who do not fall into the lure of secession but who, through thick and thin, forge unity in diversity. ”

There must be more rigorous enforcement of rules promoting transparency in the international banking and financial systems, especially more stringent KYC rules on customer identity, source of wealth, and even country of origin. ”

Our country has the potential not just to be the giant of Africa but a major economic giant in the world. ”