You know, America has profoundly shaped me, and I have two American children and unbelievably rich friendships so it will always be a source of joy and good memories. Ashraf Ghani Read Quote
This hand is free of blood, and this hand is free from the stain of corruption. Ashraf Ghani Read Quote
I have a strange – because there’s no other way probably of describing it – uh, temper. I’m a very difficult taskmaster. I don’t wait. Ashraf Ghani Read Quote
Politicians have become extraordinarily conservative, but our times require imagination and bold action. Ashraf Ghani Read Quote
If election is your goal, you’re never going to engage in reform. Reform has to be your goal. Election is the means. You run for office in order to do something, not in order to perpetuate yourself. Ashraf Ghani Read Quote
Organizations are accumulations of historical debris. They are not consciously thought. So when you ask the Education Ministry ‘What’s your core function and who’s your client?’ they laugh at you. When I say that the client is the Afghan child – and the Ministry is an instrument, not the goal – it’s greeted with shock. It’s a new idea. Ashraf Ghani Read Quote
We are not a battlefield and we will not allow anyone to use our territory against any of our neighbour, but we will not allow our neighbours to use our territory this way either. Ashraf Ghani Read Quote
Afghanistan’s geographical location gives it the opportunity to become one of the biggest transit routes in the region. It can connect Southern, Eastern and Central Asia to the Middle East. Ashraf Ghani Read Quote
Money is not capital in most of the developing countries. It’s just cash. Because it lacks the institutional, organizational, managerial forms to turn it into capital. Ashraf Ghani Read Quote
If we looked in the world of 1945 and looked at the map of capitalist economies and democratic polities, they were the rare exception, not the norm. Ashraf Ghani Read Quote
