Quotes by Yahya Jammeh

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Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh is the president of the Gambia. As a young army officer, he took power in a 1994 military coup.
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Today, the origin of 90% of all the edible food Gambians consume are from places they have never heard of.

Yahya Jammeh

Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.

Yahya Jammeh

If I want to ban any newspaper, I will, with good reason.

Yahya Jammeh

I don't believe in killing people. I believe in locking you up for the rest of your life.

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May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage.

Yahya Jammeh

If you don't show care and love for your children and leave the mothers to take care of all their needs, if they grow up, they will also not consider you.

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Despite all odds we have emerged as one people and one country.

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My fate is in the hands of almighty Allah. I will deliver to the Gambian people and if I have to rule this country for one billion years, I will, if Allah says so.

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I have never seen homosexual chicken or turkey.

Yahya Jammeh

Allowing homosexuality means allowing satanic rights.

Yahya Jammeh

Some people go to the West and claim they are gays and that their lives are at risk in the Gambia, in order for them to be granted a stay in Europe.

Yahya Jammeh

What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.

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As far as I am concerned, LGBT can only stand for leprosy, gonorrhea, bacteria, and tuberculosis, all of which are detrimental to human existence.

Yahya Jammeh

I can cure AIDS, and I will.

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Homosexuals are not welcome in the Gambia.

Yahya Jammeh

My fate is in the hands of almighty Allah.

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I will develop the areas that vote for me, but if you don't vote for me, don't expect anything.

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You cannot be in your offices every day doing nothing... and at the end of the day you expect to be paid.

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When your neighbour's house is on fire, you should help with a bucket of water.

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Our forefathers used to live longer and healthy lives.

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Author Bio

  • NameYahya Jammeh
  • DescriptionGambian president
  • BornMay 25, 1965
  • CountryGambia
  • ProfessionPolitician