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I don't share the view that the ICC is anti-African. The ICC is not putting Africa on trial. The ICC is fighting impunity and individuals who are accused of crimes.

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I have always believed that on important issues, the leaders must lead. Where the leaders fail to lead, and people are really concerned about it, the people will take the lead and make the leaders follow.

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What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the international interest - is also the national interest.

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The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone.

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If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom.

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We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face.

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In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda.

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On climate change, we often don't fully appreciate that it is a problem. We think it is a problem waiting to happen.

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If we can come up with innovations and train young people to take on new jobs, and if we can switch to clean energy, I think we have the capacity to build this world not dependent on fossil-fuel. I think it will happen, and it won't destroy economy.

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Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.

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Biography

Nationality: Ghanaian

Type: Statesman

Born: April 8th, 1938

Died: August 18th, 2018

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