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Sâlóngo, alingá mosálá (There is work, let's do it.)

— Ancestral saying, used as slogan by Mobutu Sese Seko



"I do not want to risk...losing a fine chance to secure for ourselves a slice of this magnificent African cake"

King Leopold II, speaking to one of his aides



"In our African tradition...can anyone tell me that he has ever known a village that has two chiefs?"

Mobutu Sese Seko, explaining the dominance of his ruling party