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> [Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ayittey/hippos-kill-more-people-in-africa-annually-than-any-other-wild-animal/)

[George Ayittey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ayittey/)

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## More by George Ayittey

> [There was free trade in Africa. There was free enterprise in Africa before the colonialists came.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ayittey/there-was-free-trade-in-africa-there-was-free-enterprise-in-africa/)

[George Ayittey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ayittey/)

> [The only good dictator is a dead one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ayittey/the-only-good-dictator-is-a-dead-one/)

[George Ayittey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ayittey/)

> [Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ayittey/hippos-kill-more-people-in-africa-annually-than-any-other-wild-animal/)

[George Ayittey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ayittey/)

> [Socialism is always wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ayittey/socialism-is-always-wrong/)

[George Ayittey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ayittey/)

> [Look at the history of peace accords in Africa. They have a terrible record. They are shredded even before the ink on them is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ayittey/look-at-the-history-of-peace-accords-in-africa-they-have-a-terrible/)

[George Ayittey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ayittey/)

> [The richest persons in Africa are heads of state, governors and ministers. So every 'educated' African who wants to be rich - and there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ayittey/the-richest-persons-in-africa-are-heads-of-state-governors-and/)

[George Ayittey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ayittey/)

> [Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ayittey/traditionally-africans-hate-governments-they-hate-tyranny/)

[George Ayittey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ayittey/)

> [Back in the 1960s Africa not only fed itself, it also exported food. Not anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ayittey/back-in-the-1960s-africa-not-only-fed-itself-it-also-exported-food/)

[George Ayittey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ayittey/)

> [Just because a group does not take its decisions by voting does not mean they have no understanding of the essence of democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ayittey/just-because-a-group-does-not-take-its-decisions-by-voting-does-not/)

[George Ayittey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ayittey/)

> [Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ayittey/africa-s-salvation-doesn-t-lie-in-begging-and-begging-for-more-aid/)

[George Ayittey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ayittey/)

> [African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ayittey/african-history-is-filled-with-experiences-of-people-shooting-their/)

[George Ayittey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ayittey/)

> [Africa is poor because she is not free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ayittey/africa-is-poor-because-she-is-not-free/)

[George Ayittey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ayittey/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ayittey/dictators-cause-the-world-s-worst-problems-all-the-collapsed-states/)

[George Ayittey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ayittey/)

> [Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ayittey/getting-rid-of-the-dictator-is-only-a-first-step-in-establishing-a/)

[George Ayittey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ayittey/)

> [If NATO goes in and solves the crisis in Darfur, when the next one comes along Africa's leaders will just sit back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ayittey/if-nato-goes-in-and-solves-the-crisis-in-darfur-when-the-next-one/)

[George Ayittey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ayittey/)

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