Ashraf Ghani famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Do not ever threaten an Afghan with violence. We will rise as one and we will face every threat the way we have taken on thousands of previous armies and conquerors.
-- Ashraf Ghani

#Taken #Army #Way
Deadlines concentrate the mind. But deadlines should not be dogmas.
-- Ashraf Ghani

#Mind #Dogma #Should
It's fair to say average Americans think that the average Afghan doesn't want American troops in their country.
-- Ashraf Ghani

#Country #Thinking #Average
I'm not taking power. I'm catalyzing systemic change.
-- Ashraf Ghani
The most significant thing is public participation. That assures the Afghan public that our promises are not empty.
-- Ashraf Ghani

#Promise #Empty #Significant
We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he that pays the price.
-- Ashraf Ghani

#Tired #Fighting #Government
Ninety percent of our police are fighting terrorists, so we don't have enough oriented towards their key duty, which is enforcement of the law. But these are precisely the inheritance that we want to overcome. Particularly the mark for success for us would be that a woman can not only walk in the streets of every major city, but can go from one province to another without any hindrance.
-- Ashraf Ghani

#Fighting #Cities #Keys
There's no place for mob justice in Afghanistan.
-- Ashraf Ghani

#Justice #Afghanistan
Salaries are a huge area of corruption.
-- Ashraf Ghani

#Salary #Corruption
The youth are hurt. Our majority are youth, under 30. They have no hope. They don't get jobs.
-- Ashraf Ghani

#Hurt #Jobs #Majority
The job of an elected president is to overcome the past and change the playing field.
-- Ashraf Ghani

#Jobs #Past #President
When windows shatter through a bomb, we will repair it next week because we are Afghans. That's the spirit.
-- Ashraf Ghani

#Bombs #Next #Spirit
Economics taught in most of the elite universities are practically useless in my context. My country [Afghanistan] is dominated by drug economy and a mafia; textbook economics does not work in my context.
-- Ashraf Ghani

#Country #Motivation #Inspiration

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