A leader must be like the baobab tree: deep-rooted, strong, ... - Mobutu Sese Seko

"A leader must be like the baobab tree: deep-rooted, strong, and impossible to shake."

Mobutu Sese Seko Strength

Dictator, Military Leader Congolese 1930–1997

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