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title: "6 Cannot Quotes By Mo Ibrahim"
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> [If we cannot accurately measure poverty, we surely cannot accurately measure our efforts to tackle it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/if-we-cannot-accurately-measure-poverty-we-surely-cannot-accurately/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83e/mo-ibrahim-3354_accurately_if-we-cannot-accurately-measure-poverty_247102.jpg)

> [I came to the conclusion that unless you are ruled properly, you cannot move forward. Everything else is second. Everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/i-came-to-the-conclusion-that-unless-you-are-ruled-properly-you/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/mo-ibrahim-3354_came_i-came-to-the-conclusion-that-unless-you_618036.jpg)

> [What we need in Africa is balanced development. Economic success cannot be a replacement for human rights or participation or democracy... it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/what-we-need-in-africa-is-balanced-development-economic-success/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71f/mo-ibrahim-3354_africa_what-we-need-in-africa-is-balanced-devel_943843.jpg)

> [The fight against Ebola cannot undermine the fight against poverty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/the-fight-against-ebola-cannot-undermine-the-fight-against-poverty/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/mo-ibrahim-3354_against_the-fight-against-ebola-cannot-undermine_1219734.jpg)

> [Sudan cannot afford to be on the wrong side of history. The north and south will have to work together, but will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/sudan-cannot-afford-to-be-on-the-wrong-side-of-history-the-north-and/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/733/mo-ibrahim-3354_afford_sudan-cannot-afford-to-be-on-the-wrong-s_1349676.jpg)

> [We cannot expect loyalty to an unjust regime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/we-cannot-expect-loyalty-to-an-unjust-regime/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

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## Other authors on Cannot

## More by Mo Ibrahim

> [Experience counts in government even more than in business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/experience-counts-in-government-even-more-than-in-business/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

> [It's time Africa started listening to our young people instead of always telling them what to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/it-s-time-africa-started-listening-to-our-young-people-instead-of/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

> [Remarkably, governments are beginning to embrace the idea that nothing enhances democracy more than giving voice and information to everybody in the country. Why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/remarkably-governments-are-beginning-to-embrace-the-idea-that-nothing/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

> [If economic progress is not translated into better quality of life and respect for citizens' rights, we will witness more Tahrir Squares in Africa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/if-economic-progress-is-not-translated-into-better-quality-of-life/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

> [Africa is progressing but maybe not in the way you think it is. Even if the overall picture looks good, we must all remain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/africa-is-progressing-but-maybe-not-in-the-way-you-think-it-is-even/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

> [People never confess to failure. They should.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/people-never-confess-to-failure-they-should/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

> [Governance has been at the heart of the work of the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations and is a clear focus in its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/governance-has-been-at-the-heart-of-the-work-of-the-oxford-martin/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

> [There's no point in trying to hoard money after life, so better really to share with people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/there-s-no-point-in-trying-to-hoard-money-after-life-so-better-really/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

> [I need to be free, to speak the unspeakable. You can't do that in office.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/i-need-to-be-free-to-speak-the-unspeakable-you-can-t-do-that-in-office/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

> [If we cannot accurately measure poverty, we surely cannot accurately measure our efforts to tackle it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/if-we-cannot-accurately-measure-poverty-we-surely-cannot-accurately/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

> [Business is global. Countries need to react to that; taxes need to be paid where profit arises.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/business-is-global-countries-need-to-react-to-that-taxes-need-to-be/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

> [I don't subscribe to the narrative that Africa is backward because of colonialism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/i-don-t-subscribe-to-the-narrative-that-africa-is-backward-because-of/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

> [Africa offers the highest return on investment in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/africa-offers-the-highest-return-on-investment-in-the-world/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

> [Governance is everything. Without governance we have nothing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/governance-is-everything-without-governance-we-have-nothing/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

> [When you ask people what they think of Africa, they think of AIDS, genocide, disasters, famine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/when-you-ask-people-what-they-think-of-africa-they-think-of-aids/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

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