Rosine Vieyra Soglo

"Each day, the night falls a little more for me. I am at the dusk of my passionate life, and it’s the normal process of things."

"How, finally, do I express my affection and tenderness to you, my children? I must confess that I am increasingly tired."

"Additionally, it lacks modesty and pretends to heal a country that is not sick from its constitution, rather a model envied for its stability, change of governments, its people’s maturity and the vitality of its institutions despite a few dysfunctions."

""If he doesn’t kill me, I will kill him,” she stated publicly and loudly that she would hurt talon children if he hurts her child. She said with a straight face."

"“The K.O. truck will run over my body. I am willing to die here,” Soglo shouted in a crowd of voters."

"“These people are the assassins of democracy,” she stated during Constitutional March in court."

"“How, finally, do I express my affection and tenderness to you, my children? I must confess that I am increasingly tired. Each day, the night falls a little more for me. I am at the dusk of my passionate life, and it’s the normal process of things.”"

"“it would be for people like you, ‘the voiceless,’ ‘the toothless,’ brave and dignified men and women with value, people for whom no sacrifices would have been too large.”"

"“I must admit, my children, my very dear children, that I am hurt by the situation in our country. I am hurt by what is becoming of my country.”"

"More than an Amazon, our country has just lost a true architect and protector of Benin of justice and freedom who saw the birth of my generation."

"During the short time that I had the honor of being close enough to her, I was also able to note the importance she placed on integrity and loyalty."

"Intrepid patriot, Mom was involved in all the fights for the development of African women."