16 Quotes by Mobutu Sese Seko

History will judge me... I shall remain silent.

If you want to steal, steal a little cleverly, in a nice way. Only if you steal so much as to become rich overnight, you will be caught.

I will never be known as the former President of Zaire.

The miseries suffered by our people come more from the shameless exploitation of our countries.

Throughout my career I have proven that I am a man of action.

The enemies of our people have chosen the moment when I am knocked off my feet with sickness to stab me in the back because they know what the territorial integrity, national unity and the dignity of this great Zaire mean to me. I have devoted my life to defending these sacred values.

Zaire needs me.

Mobutu does not think he is God.

If ever I leave power, it will be only in conditions of beauty, never under pressure.