"Today, the European Union is busy transferring aid.……" — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
"Today, the European Union is busy transferring aid. If they can build infrastructure in Spain, roads, highways ... why do they refuse to use the same aid to build the same infrastructure in our countries?"
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17 Quotes by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has 17 quotes on this site.
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The idea [the government's 'You Win' campaign] is that instead of young people in Nigeria waiting to get employment, they…
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When you save the life of anyone, a farmer, a teacher, a mother, they are contributing productively into the economy.
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The best way to help Africans today is to help them to stand on their own feet. And the best…
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Life really went backwards. My parents lost everything, all their savings, because we had to run from the Nigerian side…
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I can take hardship. I can sleep on the cold floor anytime. I can also sleep on a feather bed,
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Investing in women is smart economics, and investing in girls, catching them upstream, is even smarter economics.
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Africans… their tired. They’re tired of being the subject of everybody’s charity and care. We are grateful, but we know…
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[Africa] is a continent of many countries, not one country. If we are down to three or four conflicts, it…
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I'm standing here saying that those who miss the boat now, will miss it forever. So if you want to…
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One in four sub-Saharan Africans is Nigerian, and it has 140 million dynamic people - chaotic people - but very…
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Nigeria, with the oil sector, had the reputation of being corrupt and not managing its own public finances well. So…
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If we save people from HIV/AIDS, if we save them from malaria, it means they can form the base of…
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A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
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It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom…
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Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope…
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Philanthropy is activism.
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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents. Primarily because of…
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Activism, to me, I don't know if it really works. It may work for somebody else, but it does not…
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Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a…
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As you know, when Star Trek was canceled after the second season, it was the activism of the fans that…
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Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.
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Because of the complexity of the problem, environmental skepticism was once tenable. No longer. It is time to flip from…
— Michael Shermer
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Acting is my career and activism is my passionate hobby. But acting is my livelihood.
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