Paul Kagame Quotes

National security is vital for economic and social progress.

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• Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out.

  

  Paul Kagame
  • Weakness
  • Compromise
  • Sell

• Listen more to the one who criticizes you and less to the one who praises you. Learn from them and do something about it.

  

  Paul Kagame
  • Learn
  • Praises
  • Criticizes

• A strong leader is not necessarily a bad leader.

  

  Paul Kagame
  • Bad
  • Strong
  • Leader

• Democracy holds little appeal for people who are struggling to survive.

  

  Paul Kagame
  • Democracy
  • Survive
  • Struggling

• Strong economic growth, and especially a significant increase in private sector investment, is the only sustainable path forward for Rwanda.

  

  Paul Kagame
  • Growth
  • Path
  • Investment

• Africa’s story has been written by others; we need to own our problems and solutions and write our story.

  

  Paul Kagame
  • Story
  • Write
  • Africa

• My purpose is to develop a country, to empower its population. It's from that same population that will emerge the man or woman who will succeed me. And they will be chosen based on the consensus that they have the capacity to lead the country.

  

  Paul Kagame
  • Country
  • Purpose
  • Develop

• It is the population which decides when it's time for a leader to leave, not foreign powers.

  

  Paul Kagame
  • Leader
  • Leave
  • Population

• The history and national interest of Rwanda and the Rwandan people dictate our national orientation.

  

  Paul Kagame
  • Interest
  • National
  • Orientation

• National security is vital for economic and social progress.

  

  Paul Kagame
  • Progress
  • Security
  • National