Quotes from Mobutu Sese Seko

The will of the majority will be respected.

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

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

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

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

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

I don't make empty promises.

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

If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Between Friends and Siblings, I choose Sibling and I reject Friends. quote in UN assemble 1974