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“African Traditional Religion involves a religious journey from conception to death and beyond. It is an all-encompassing human experience.”
“The answer to the paradox of a rich continent against a poor population hangs on the morality and integrity of its leaders.”
“To deal with the issues of corruption, bad governance, poverty, disease and general insecurity, it is imperative that religious leaders, as serious influencers, get involved and give moral leadership, mediate in crisis and prevent conflicts.”
“The way to achieve peace and prosperity in Africa is to bring back our Creator as the Heavenly Parent in everything that we do.”
“As with our forebears, let us restore the past by making sure we work collaboratively with our political leaders.”
"UPF maintains that any successful strategy for peace and development must take into account the spiritual dimension of our human identity, experience, and interactions."
"Regardless of our nationality, we have universal values and ethical values."
"Freedom is the power to live and to choose, and is one of the great sources of human dignity."
"Therefore, when we speak of religious freedom, a person can choose freely and can choose what they wish to believe and can also worship according to the dictates of their conscience."
"Peace is the fruit of justice. Justice for all. The modern understanding of justice is based on respect for fundamental human rights."
"It is a slippery slope. Intolerance may seem less severe than persecution, but—as it happens with a small ball rolling down an inclined plane—either we stop the fall at its first stage or it will be too late."
"Nations that have totalitarianism, nations that want to be aggressors around the world, are the very same nations that are aggressive against their own people."