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George Ayittey Quotes

Ghanaian - Economist | 1945 -

Dictators are allergic to reform, and they are cunning survivors. They will do whatever it takes to preserve their power and wealth, no matter how much blood ends up on their hands. They are master deceivers and talented manipulators who cannot be trusted to change.

Change Power Hands Wealth Blood Up

Dictators cause the world's worst problems: all the collapsed states, and all the devastated economies. All the vapid cases of corruption, grand theft, and naked plunder of the treasury are caused by dictators, leaving in their wake trails of wanton destruction, horrendous carnage and human debris.

World Problems Corruption Leaving

The richest persons in Africa are heads of state, governors and ministers. So every 'educated' African who wants to be rich - and there is nothing wrong with wanting to be rich - heads straight into government or politics.

Politics Government Rich Wrong

African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.

Power History People Way Shooting

Look at the history of peace accords in Africa. They have a terrible record. They are shredded even before the ink on them is dry.

History Peace Look Africa Dry Ink

Personally, I regard myself as an intellectual 'rebel,' kicking against the 'old colonialism-imperialism paradigm' which has landed Africa in a conundrum.

Myself Rebel Intellectual Africa Old

The solutions to Africa's problems lie in Africa, not in Live Aid concerts.

Live Lie Problems Africa Solutions

When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.

Debt President Jacket First Relief

What you and I understand as a government doesn't exist in many African countries. In fact, what we call our governments are vampire states. Vampires because they suck the economic vitality out of their people. Government is the problem in Africa.

Government People Problem You Africa

Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.

Animal People Africa More Wild Than

Mugabe's become a disgrace to Africa. And I must say this because I am an African and a lot of us looked up to him back in the 1980s when he was the liberation hero. But he's now turned himself into a murderous despot.

Hero I Am Back Say Africa Become

The reason why Botswana has done very well is because it's the only black African country which went back to its roots and built upon its own indigenous institutions.

Roots Black Back Country Done Why

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