Abdoulaye Wade Quotations

I have decided to suspend this procedure to continue the dialogue with the opposition. That doesn't mean I have abandoned combining the elections,

People of today should not forget those Africans who made a major contribution to world peace,

States have no friends, they only have interests.

Some people are living right in water, others are camping outside. Tackling that is more important than elections,

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

As a disciplined African head of state, I will follow the decisions of the Economic Community of West African States and the African Union on how to resolve the Ivorian conflict,

If we are utopists, leave us with our utopias so long as they induce action, so long as they are motivating.