80 Quotes by Ashraf Ghani

We live in an interconnected world, and you cannot prevent people from leaving. What you need to do is to create opportunities. At the same time, people are also coming back.

I’m not taking power. I’m catalyzing systemic change.

Peace is a national issue, not only government’s responsibility.

Salaries are a huge area of corruption.

There’s no place for mob justice in Afghanistan.

Do not ever threaten an Afghan with violence. We will rise as one and we will face every threat the way we have taken on thousands of previous armies and conquerors.

We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it’s she or he that pays the price.

Deadlines concentrate the mind. But deadlines should not be dogmas.

The job of an elected president is to overcome the past and change the playing field.