Once you are in power, never forget those who put you there. Deal with those who think they can do better than you and those who think you are god's representative on earth. Deal with each other according to his actions.

— Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Quote ID: 90639

The Golden Mean is for the weakling, it was not meant for the likes of Alexander the Great, Cyrus, Pharaohs, or Hitlers of the world.

— Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Quote ID: 90812

It's unfortunate to be bitten by political ambition. The deadly disease causes a man to want to access power by all means either by sacrificing others to its altar or by sacrificing himself when he fails.

— Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Quote ID: 138288

Politicians know it's a game of power, every politician at every level, even in the common of mortals.

— Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Quote ID: 214482

If you are my food, how am I supposed to feel pity towards you? That would mean starvation for me. “A hungry leopard told a fallen, panting, imploring gazelle.

— Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Quote ID: 245696

Life is politics, you do it or it does you.

— Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Quote ID: 260074

In politics what you see is not what you get.

— Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Quote ID: 260222

Powerless=lifeless.

— Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Quote ID: 323279

The universe runs on the principle that one who can exert the most evil on other creatures runs the show.

— Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Quote ID: 328801

If anyone rises to power, it's not only because he could, but also because the stars were aligned in his favor. Many with apparent means to take it failed simply because they weren't destined for the honor.

— Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Quote ID: 334315