Mobutu Sese Seko Quotes

Mobutu Sese Seko

Profession : Politician

Birth : October 14, 1930

History will judge me... I shall remain silent.

Mobutu Sese Seko

If you want to steal, steal a little cleverly, in a nice way. Only if you steal so much as to become rich overnight, you will be caught.

Mobutu Sese Seko

The will of the majority will be respected.

Mobutu Sese Seko

If ever I leave power, it will be only in conditions of beauty, never under pressure.

Mobutu Sese Seko

The enemies of our people have chosen the moment when I am knocked off my feet with sickness to stab me in the back because they know what the territorial integrity, national unity and the dignity of this great Zaire mean to me. I have devoted my life to defending these sacred values.

Mobutu Sese Seko

The I.M.F. programs cost us $2 billion in outflows against only $1 billion in inflows.

Mobutu Sese Seko

The responsibility of a chief is to show solidarity with his people and to be strong with his people.

Mobutu Sese Seko

The miseries suffered by our people come more from the shameless exploitation of our countries.

Mobutu Sese Seko

Throughout my career I have proven that I am a man of action.

Mobutu Sese Seko

I have rendered my country and people an enormous service. They owe me everything.

Mobutu Sese Seko

The lesson is that my support for American policy counts for nothing.

Mobutu Sese Seko

I don't make empty promises.

Mobutu Sese Seko

Mobutu does not think he is God.

Mobutu Sese Seko

Zaire needs me.

Mobutu Sese Seko

I listen every day to the VOA.

Mobutu Sese Seko

I will never be known as the former President of Zaire.

Mobutu Sese Seko