If you take a walk around Ouagadougou and make a list of the mansions you see, you will note that they belong to just a minority. How many of you who have been assigned to Ouagadougou from the farthest corners of the country have had to move every night because you've been thrown out of the house you have rented? To those who have acquired houses and land through corruption we say: start to tremble. If you have stolen, tremble, because we will come after you

May my eyes never see and my feet never take me to a society where half the people are held in silence.

When the people stand up, imperialism trembles.

Women hold up the other half of the sky.

We make every effort to see that our actions live up to our words and be vigilant with regards to our behavior.

We must dare to invent the future

I want people to remember me as someone whose life has been helpful to humanity.