"There are no demands - undue demands... There are many questions we get? why China? why now and the answer is why not?... There is no any hidden agenda in our cooperation with China, it is a relationship based on mutual understanding and equality; they understand our situation."

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Source : During President Hu Jintao's visit to Tanzania, February 16, 2009.

Jakaya Kikwete

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“We're in the middle of the transformation of a society that has handled its politics through repression to a society that will handle its politics through democratic institutions.”
“I, for one, know of no sweeter sight for a man's eyes than his own country.”
“Mentally there's no question about whether I still like the sport and love doing it. I think it's pretty clear to everyone here that I love the sport. I love doing gymnastics and I love performing. So that's not really a question.”
“For Dostoevsky, Fourier is one of the industrious ant-hill engineers, busy, protected by the delusion that his goal, the will-ordered society, is the summation of all his desires.”
“Art is a path on which we honour our world. Art may not be the only path, but it is a good path, even though at times a difficult one. As bearers of this honour, we artists do not need to simply render our world as we see it but as we might ourselves redesign it. As artists, one of our privileges is to invent.”
“I always thought every day was a gift, but now I am looking for where to send the thank you note.”
“I think knowing people by first names, not by what they do sexually, is really what it's about. Not being afraid. Fear is the enemy. I've always been comfortable with being gay.”

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