Because of you

Category: Bono

Bono | marriage

Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.

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Bono | hope

Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope those problems will have gone away.

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Bono Home

Bono | home

Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world’s poorest people.

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Bono great

Bono | great

Rock ‘n’ roll is ridiculous. It’s absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we’re wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.

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Bono government

When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals.

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Bono Famous

Bono | famous

Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.

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Bono equality

Bono | equality

So what we’re talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live, period. And what we’re facing in Africa is an unprecedented threat to human dignity and equality.

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Bono equality

Bono | equality

You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what’s happening in Africa, and if we’re honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.