I don't make empty promises.

History will judge me... I shall remain silent.

I will never be known as the former President of Zaire.

Throughout my career I have proven that I am a man of action.

The lesson is that my support for American policy counts for nothing.

I have rendered my country and people an enormous service. They owe me everything.

If ever I leave power, it will be only in conditions of beauty, never under pressure.

The I.M.F. programs cost us $2 billion in outflows against only $1 billion in inflows.

The miseries suffered by our people come more from the shameless exploitation of our countries.

The responsibility of a chief is to show solidarity with his people and to be strong with his people.

If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little.

The chief is the chief. He is the eagle who flies high and cannot be touched by the spit of the toad.

I no longer have a borrowed soul. I no longer have borrowed thoughts or ideas. I no longer speak in a borrowed language.

If you want to steal, steal a little in a nice way. But if you steal too much to become rich overnight, you'll be caught.

If you want to steal, steal a little cleverly, in a nice way. Only if you steal so much as to become rich overnight, you will be caught.

The enemies of our people have chosen the moment when I am knocked off my feet with sickness to stab me in the back because they know what the territorial integrity, national unity and the dignity of this great Zaire mean to me. I have devoted my life to defending these sacred values.

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