Has beens Quote by Raila Odinga Download Open image “The mediocrity with which Africa has been ruled is responsible for its underdevelopment.” — Raila Odinga ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Has beens Mediocrity Responsible Underdevelopment
There are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change. — Ama Ata Aidoo Copy Share Image
Compared to developed countries, or even to some major emerging countries, burdened by aging populations, financial crises, widening budget deficits, faltering faith in politics… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
With good planning, Africa can have cities, farms, factories, export processing zones. But if the political will is there, the huge areas - the… — Patrick Bergin Copy Share Image
“The resources of Africa are greater than the amount of aid it can ever get. Hence, Africa needs to manage its resources prudently and… — Benjamin Kofi Quansah Copy Share Image
Africa is wealthy in natural resources; the problem is they are not optimally utilized. — Yoweri Museveni Copy Share Image
Africa is experiencing rising rates of growth, but will growth get translated into development? — Sanjaya Baru Copy Share Image
“The more Africa depends on aid the less opportunities it creates for its people” — Benjamin Kofi Quansah Copy Share Image
What we need in Africa is balanced development. Economic success cannot be a replacement for human rights or participation or democracy... it doesn't work. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
I have always thought that underpopulated countries in Africa are vastly underpolluted. — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
I think everybody knows that Africa is in a very deep crisis. There is economic misery and social deprivation and that Africa needs help… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
My view is that the time has come for the international community to act on Zimbabwe in the way that it did in Bosnia.… — Raila Odinga Copy Share Image
At independence Kenya's economic indicators were equal to those of South Korea, but 45 years down the road, Korea's economy is 40 times that… — Raila Odinga Copy Share Image
Musalia [Mudavadi] has a much weaker character in person than [Musikari] Kombo, and you know the joke about humble Luhya servants as cooks and… — Raila Odinga Copy Share Image
I will not interfere with the courts at all. For now,[William] Ruto is a political necessity, but you know in politics we do have… — Raila Odinga Copy Share Image
It is a big embarrassment that a leader can say on the eve of an election that he cannot hand over power to an… — Raila Odinga Copy Share Image
Had the Luhyas united, my plans would have been impossible to fulfil . — Raila Odinga Copy Share Image
The changes I envisage and that I have promised to address within my first 90 days in office are; Dismantling the cabals of tribalism… — Raila Odinga Copy Share Image
I think it is its time for the leaders of Africa to say to President Mugabe that the people of Zimbabwe's deserve a free… — Raila Odinga Copy Share Image
If someone like Musalia [Mudavadi ] ruled Kenya, he would not be able to effect the radical changes I talk about. — Raila Odinga Copy Share Image
We cannot build county councils based on one single constituency. It doesn't make sense because it does not have a sufficient revenue base to… — Raila Odinga Copy Share Image
Whatever meaning 'Annie's Song' had for me on a personal level, there was also a larger context. It could just as easily have been… — John Denver Copy Share Image
In the entire history of the universe, let alone in your own history, there has never been another day just like today, and there… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
Mankind have been slow to believe that order reigns in the universe-that the world is a cosmos and a chaos. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Gambling has held human beings in thrall for millennia. It has been engaged in everywhere, from the dregs of society to the most respectable… — Peter L. Bernstein Copy Share Image
And I have been very blessed, having coached some of the greatest that have ever played the game. But if I had to start… — Red Auerbach Copy Share Image
My folks tried to make a preacher of me and missed by a narrow margin… I would have made a good one if I… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Here's the reality. The image of a white Jesus has been used to justify enslavement, conquest, colonialism, the genocide of indigenous peoples. There are… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
A lot of people have been saying 'The 100' reminds them of 'Lord Of The Flies,' 'Lost' and 'Battlestar Galactica,' and all of those… — Marie Avgeropoulos Copy Share Image
I've long believed one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
During the last 17 years... I have been working at the restoration of a once exhausted hillside. Its scars are now healed over, though… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image