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Quotes on Congo, secrecy and political dialogue

These Democratic Republic quotes span continents, from the German Democratic Republic's claim to reject secret policies to reporting on African affairs and Sudanese negotiations for broadcasting networks.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

People
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Nov 07, 2020

The government of the German Democratic Republic rejects secret policies. It works for the people, and only the people, so it does not need to keep secrets like the warmongers.

Quotes by Walter Ulbricht

First
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Nov 07, 2020

I started, actually, as an analyst on African affairs, mainly on Al Jazeera. I remember the first few series were about Saudi students, and the negotiations between the government and the Sudanese rebels in the south. And then, slowly, I was speaking about Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and a few other places.

Quotes by Wadah Khanfar

Future
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Nov 07, 2020

One of the matters that must be addressed is that Rwanda and Uganda have to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We're also supporting processes to ensure that the political dialogue among the Congolese themselves takes place so that the people there can decide their future.

Quotes by Thabo Mbeki

Nov 07, 2020

We would be driving down the street in a place like Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo, and started to see, my gosh, the only people that have shoes are men. Why does that woman have a baby in her belly and one on her back, and she's carrying a huge load of bananas? You start to ask these questions.

Quotes by Melinda Gates

Nov 07, 2020

I can't quite remember the exact moment when I became obsessed with writing a play about the seemingly endless war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but I knew that I wanted to somehow tell the stories of the Congolese women caught in the cross-fire.

Quotes by Lynn Nottage

Nov 07, 2020

This is the voice of Vietnam Broadcasting from Hanoi, capitol of the Democratic republic of Vietnam.

Quotes by Hanoi Hannah

Instrument
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Nov 07, 2020

The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy.

Quotes by Friedrich Engels

People
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Nov 07, 2020

I created the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation back in 1997 for the purpose of going in and improving the living conditions of my people on the African continent, especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo where I came from. Out first mission was to go and build a new hospital. Our next mission was to build a school.

Quotes by Dikembe Mutombo

Drive
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Nov 07, 2020

I can't be calm when I drive through sections of Atlanta that look more like Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, than America.

Quotes by Cynthia McKinney

Others focus on the Congo directly, urging Rwanda and Uganda toward withdrawal and dialogue, and recalling stark memories of Zaire, where visible poverty was impossible to ignore.

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