Meles Zenawi Quotes
Spending one hour with Isaias is far more worthwhile, rewarding and enlightening than reading ten books
As we respond to the assault of our enemy and defend our country, we must never break international laws. Crime can not be solved by more crime.
Africa's downfall has always been the cult of the personality. And their names always seem to begin with M. We've had Mobutu and Mengistu and I'm not going to add Meles to the list.
I know more now than I did in the past about the process of democratization. I know more about the pitfalls.
The most stupid mistake a counter-insurgency operation can make is alienating the population. If you alienate the population, you're finished.
If it is presumed that the Kenyans will democratise in order to eat the peanuts of development assistance from the European Union... it would be a big mistake.
An oversupply of national sentiment is not the problem in Somalia. The problem is a lack of it. The problem is an oversupply of sub-sub-clannish attitude.
Of course everybody's thinking evolves over time. Only dead people cease learning, and I am not certified dead yet. So I am still learning.
