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Sékou Touré
6 quotes
“We prefer freedom in poverty to opulence in slavery.”
Sékou Touré (1922–1984) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: to French President Charles de Gaulle in 1958, rejecting continued French colonial control in favor of immediate independence
“Every free and sovereign people finds itself placed in conditions more favourable to the expression of its cultural values than a colonized country...”
Sékou Touré (1922–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The political leader who truly remains the authentic expression of his people is the one whose thought... are in perfect harmony with the characteristics of his people”
Sékou Touré (1922–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The revolution is not a matter of a single day, nor is it the task of one man; it is a permanent creation”
Sékou Touré (1922–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And if you fashion it [the revolution] with the people, the songs will come by themselves and of themselves”
Sékou Touré (1922–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Science has no homeland, but the scientist has one, and it is to that homeland that he must dedicate his knowledge.”
Sékou Touré (1922–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source