49 Quotes by Omar Bongo

Information on the Internet must be as free as in the newspapers.

Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature.

From the time of independences until the end of the Cold War, in spite of the participation of a considerable number of African states in the non-aligned movement, everyone in fact chose to align with one or another of the two major blocks.

If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.

It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.

We are not asking the rich countries for charity, but for understanding and justice.

Let's be clear: I do not advocate the virtues of a new African diplomatic model and do not pretend to be its theoretician.

I am happy that sub-regional organizations are involved in preventing, managing and solving conflicts, as well as in peacekeeping missions.

It is important to prevent criminals capable of such inhuman behavior from taking advantage of this misery to justify their terrible acts.