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Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.
— George Ayittey
Socialism is always wrong.
— George Ayittey
Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent.
— George Ayittey
'Birdman' came from a very beautiful side of me, from a part of honesty and surrender about things.
— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
In a banana republic, one might slip on a banana peel but things do work - now and then for the people, albeit inefficiently and unreliably.
— George Ayittey
The only good dictator is a dead one.
— George Ayittey
Radio is the death and life of Africa.
— George Ayittey
Artists are often excellent businessmen. They have to be. Otherwise they do not remain artists.
— A. Y. Jackson
There was free trade in Africa. There was free enterprise in Africa before the colonialists came.
— 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.
— George Ayittey
Jesus our Lord is Prophet, Priest, and King. The concept is not new, yet many preachers never preach it, and many congregations never hear it.
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
Africa is poor because she is not free.
— George Ayittey
When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.
— George Ayittey
Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled.
— George Ayittey
Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them.
— Compton Mackenzie
The election of Senator Barack Obama brought jubilation across Africa, where millions celebrated him as 'one of their own.'
— 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.
— George Ayittey
In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective.
— George Ayittey
A moment of torture feels like an eternity, while an eternity of joy passes in a moment. Perhaps time is naught but an illusion.
— Richelle E. Goodrich
Look at the history of peace accords in Africa. They have a terrible record. They are shredded even before the ink on them is dry.
— George Ayittey
Virtually all of Africa's civil wars were started by politically marginalized or excluded groups.
— 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.
— 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.
— George Ayittey
What Africa needs to do is to grow, to grow out of debt.
— George Ayittey