Better to "Face the Truth About Our Weaknesses" - Jerry Rawlings

In assessing achievement of the past 50 years of African independence, former Ghanaian president, Jerry Rawlings, made this insightful remark: "the point is to be able to face the truth about our weaknesses, to take each other a little bit more seriously and to be able to take on the world especially other more powerful countries from a position of strength and not persistently from a position of weakness". It is a remark to be taken seriously.