Felix Houphouet-Boigny Professions : Former President of the Ivory Coast Born : October 18, 1905 Died : December 7, 1993 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Felix Houphouet-Boigny Man has gone to the moon but he does not yet know how to make a flame tree or a bird song. Let us keep our dear countries free from irreversible mistakes which would lead us in the future to long for those same birds and trees. Felix Houphouet-Boigny mistake song country On my visits to America, I discovered that the old Marxist dictum, "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs," was probably more in force in America-that holy of holies of capitalism-than in any other country in the world. Felix Houphouet-Boigny country america needs
