28 Quotes by Ali Bongo Ondimba

If every country's climate policy was driven purely by environmental science, we may have no need for international agreements.

As we look to the future, we cannot improve our living standards while simultaneously degrading the natural environment around us.

I cannot violate the law.

As the leader of an oil-producing nation, I know how hard it can be to prioritize environmental issues, but the short-term risk to our economic security is far outweighed by the potential risk to our national and regional security.

Football, like no other sport, creates a sense of unity, equality, and inclusion. All of these are at the heart of my vision for a changing Gabon.

The international community doesn't cast a vote here. Gabonese people do, so I am accountable to them. They are the ones to give me my job or take it away. So this is what is really important to me.

I want to make sure that I fulfill the aspirations of the Gabonese people: to have access to a better life, job opportunities, and importantly, for the Gabonese people themselves to take into their own hands the development of their own country.

Talking about peace might not be exciting... some say you don't eat peace, but without peace, you don't eat at all.

We are fighting corruption and all illegal activities and building a culture of transparency and ethical governance.