It Took The Madmen Of

Imperialism Is A System Of Exploitation That Occurs Not Only In The Brutal Form Of Those Who Come With Guns To Conquer Territory. Imperialism Often Occurs In More Subtle Forms, A Loan, Food Aid, Blackmail . We Are Fighting This System That Allows A Handful Of Men On Earth To Rule All Of Humanity.

You Cannot Carry Out Fundamental Change Without A Certain Amount Of Madness. In This Case, It Comes From Nonconformity, The Courage To Turn Your Back On The Old Formulas, The Courage To Invent The Future. It Took The Madmen Of Yesterday For Us To Be Able To Act With Extreme Clarity Today. I Want To Be One Of Those Madmen. We Must Dare To Invent The Future.

We Have To Work At Decolonizing Our Mentality And Achieving Happiness Within The Limits Of Sacrifice We Should Be Willing To Make. We Have To Recondition Our People To Accept Themselves As They Are, To Not Be Ashamed Of Their Real Situation, To Be Satisfied With It, To Glory In It, Even

We Must Dare To Invent The Future

If You Take A Walk Around Ouagadougou And Make A List Of The Mansions You See, You Will Note That They Belong To Just A Minority. How Many Of You Who Have Been Assigned To Ouagadougou From The Farthest Corners Of The Country Have Had To Move Every Night Because You've Been Thrown Out Of The House You Have Rented? To Those Who Have Acquired Houses And Land Through Corruption We Say: Start To Tremble. If You Have Stolen, Tremble, Because We Will Come After You