Quote by Mobutu Sese Seko

"I am the state, and the state is myself"

"The people must be educated to understand that their leader is their father"

"Zaïre is my property, I can do with it what I wish"

"I have the right to plunder my country because I built it"

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."