Abdoulaye Wade Quotes

Abdoulaye Wade — Senegalese Statesman born on May 29, 1926,

Abdoulaye Wade is a Senegalese politician who was President of Senegal from 2000 to 2012. He is also the Secretary-General of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) and has led the party since it was founded in 1974. A long-time opposition leader, he ran for President four times, beginning in 1978, before he was elected in 2000. He won re-election in 2007 with a majority in the first round, but in 2012 he was defeated in a controversial bid for a third term... (wikipedia)

Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point.

A small child from a developing country has the advantage, from a very early age, of having access to toys which structure his mind, which constitute a sure advantage over the little African child who has never even held a modern toy.

We wish to ensure that young Africans do not feel disorientated in the century in which they live.

Education for all seems to be the product of a type of distributive justice that is in no way related to the individual.

The teacher that I was for decades, and that I still am in a certain way, wondered what was meant by the word education. I was truly dumbfounded at the very thought of dealing with such an essential and extensive subject.

Abdoulaye Wade Quotes

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