“Everyone knows the idea of moving to another country is really hard, but when you're actually in the situation - and you don't know the language and you don't know anyone - it's like you don't even know what questions to ask.” CountryMovingLanguageSituationLike You Author:Lotic
“I always wanted to play with the sound, but I always wanted to do it in a respectful way, because I never lived in New York and I don't have a real connection to that scene.” RealSceneRespectful Author:Lotic
“Crisis for others is a source of despair. For me, it's an opportunity to bring reform. I owe this country a debt I cannot repay.” CountryOpportunityDespairCrisis Author:Ashraf Ghani
“The key demand for me from the public across the 34 provinces is to transform the state into an instrument of the rule of law, transform the economy into a productive system and change the education system.” EconomyProductiveRule Of LawEducation System Author:Ashraf Ghani
“Peace cannot come without the engagement of those who have been before. Gen. Dostum will make peace possible. He was engaged in conflict of the past. Forgiveness is an extremely important part of our culture. But, like Rwanda and South Africa, we need to fashion our own solution.” ImportantPastCultureFashionConflictSolutionsSouth AfricaMaking PeaceRwanda Author:Ashraf Ghani
“My immediate priorities are peace and stability. I want to differentiate between stability and security: Stability comes from the hearts of people and acceptance of the judicial system. Security comes from the barrel of a gun and the threat of the use of force. We're seeing violence at an unprecedented level. We've become numb to bloodletting. Enduring peace cannot come unless we build a state that can guarantee our individual rights and obligations.” PeopleHeartIndividualViolenceSecurityAcceptanceGunThreatEndurePrioritiesObligationStabilityNumbJudicialIndividual Rights Author:Ashraf Ghani
“My priority is inclusion and justice. We need a system of justice that is applied across the board. That is what this country is striving for. We've suffered from a variety of exclusions. In the past, I compared our situation to a person with scissors who first cut the sleeve, then the fingers, then our body politic to pieces. My job is to stitch the wounds together. We need an agenda of inclusion: the youth, the women, the poor feel an enormous sense of exclusion.” CountryTogetherPastJusticePoorSituationCuttingYouthStriveWoundsPrioritiesVarietyInclusion Author:Ashraf Ghani
“We need to create jobs for 300,000 youth graduating from high school in the next three years. We need to produce growth so we can have an economic system that can turn our natural wealth into a productive system. We need services, because poverty reduction cannot take place without effective citizenship.” SchoolGrowthNaturalWealthPovertyEconomicYouthHigh SchoolProductiveGraduatesCitizenship Author:Ashraf Ghani
“Our current administration is a patchwork - some from the French, some from the Swiss, the Turks, the Ottomans; then the Russians came; now we have a global presence. We need to create a system that is organic and can function for the whole state. Currently, foreign policy here is domestic policy.” PolicyForeign Policy Author:Ashraf Ghani