Quotes

Quotes


   
 There are many challenges and promising opportunities; however, we have the human and material assets to meet these challenges with strong will, belief in Allah and in our abilities and a vision which has never let us down.  



   
 Thank Allah, we were able to convert our dreams into a tangible reality filled with great achievements that placed the UAE in the eye of the camera; that attracted a wide array of leading international companies seeking investment, security and a future.  



   
 We have never been, nor ever will be among those who rest on their laurels; nor those who obsess on their success; nor those who believe that the march forward will continue automatically.  



   
 The economic slowdown has given us time to pause, contemplate and study the things around us.  



   
 Transparency and open dialogue are effective and vital elements in the structure of mature and civilized nations.  



   
 We don’t deny that the financial crisis put us in a state of silence. We don’t refute that an information vacuum followed. We are fully aware that this created a fertile environment for rumours to thrive. I say now that we must not allow this to happen again in the future.  



   
 Our journey of development has been and will remain a race for excellence; a race to consolidate Dubai's position as an evolving, leading and unrivalled contender for the title of the Middle East’s financial and commercial capital.  



   
 We in the UAE, led by my brother, UAE President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, are continuing the work begun by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan and our father the late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed in the early 1970s, when they took the first steps towards forming our blessed federation.   



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