Omar Bongo

“Do not forget that the Arab countries, starting with Algeria and Egypt, are the ones that have paid the heaviest toll because of Islamic terror.”

“I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.”

“The world is now aware that the most unavoidable and most dangerous weapon that exists is the blind decisiveness of a man ready to sacrifice his life for an obscure cause.”

“Therefore, every country has to understand that fighting against international terrorism is not for the sake of the United States, but for the sake of themselves, and, to a larger extent, in...”

“My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior...”

“The introduction of political pluralism often quickly led to bad results.”

“Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature.”

“The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South.”

“The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries.”