Mwai Kibaki Quotes

When we rebuild a house, we are rebuilding a home. When we recover from disaster, we are rebuilding lives and livelihoods.

I was very lucky, I was part of the post-war period when everything had to be redone.

I will work to bring peace to everyone - whatever economic level - as long as you are Haitian.

Iraq may get peace and stability through restoring it's sovereignty under participation of all Iraqi factions and sectarian groups, who must rebuild a new democratic, free and independent Iraq.

Go forth from our holy land and go back to your families who are waiting for you impatiently, that you and we, as well, lead a peaceful life together.

Spring is a true reconstructionist.

The heart of the People, North and South, is for the Union.

Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry for granted when it was whole.

We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page.

We have the power to make things new again. To project American strength again, to get our economy going again.

We shall not have succeeded in demolishing everything unless we demolish the ruins as well. But the only way I can see of doing that is to use them to put up a lot of fine, well-designed buildings.

When a nation has just emerged from the throes of a great civil warfare, where section was arrayed against section, class against class, two things are to be done: First, the work of reconstruction is to be effected; Secondly, a willingness for the proper acceptance of the issue's decision is to be created.

9/11 occurs, and you're going to rebuild, and after awhile, the memory will be there, but there will be something new there, and different, and functioning, and electric.

I leave Iraq gladdened by what has been accomplished and confident your future is full of hope.

Overall relations between the North and the South have developed in favor of national reconciliation, unity and reunification.

After the near-total destruction of Dresden in the Allied fire-bombing of February 1945, few people believed that its beauty would ever return. Dresden's slow but steady comeback was thus met with great relief.

There is nothing here that's broken that can't be fixed, but it won't happen on its own. It's going to require a huge lift by the entire country of the United States of America and people on the ground taking personal responsibility for themselves. You cannot take it as a fait accompli that the city's going to come back.

May we soon enjoy the fruits of our labor in a peaceful and united Germany.

The city of New Orleans showed America what it takes to rebuild a great place. We're all going together, and we're not leaving anybody behind.

I think America is in trouble, but it's not beyond repair. But it's going to take leadership who sees the greatness of this country and who believes that, once again, we can be one nation under God.

As the country now turns a new leaf, our ambition is to give hope to each and every Afghan.

We are totally committed to ending partition and to creating the conditions for unity and independence.

We've got to rebuild human hearts - and persuade people that hope isn't just possible, but essential.

All presidents swear an oath to the Constitution to keep this country united, and when the country fell apart, Lincoln had to put it back together again, with a lot of help. But he bore total responsibility.

It cannot take decades to resurrect, we must act immediately with purpose and enthusiasm to rebuild.