Omar Bongo

It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.

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

If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.

It has become a crusade of mine to demonstrate that TV need not be violent to be exciting.

I think people seem to sort of associate me with danger. And I don't see that at all.

Women ought to be fully guarded by law in all rights of property, labor, profession, etc.; but, roughly stated, the voting population ought to represent the fighting population.