As a person, I have never been discourteous or nasty to anybody. I may have stood my ground a bit too directly, a bit too firmly, and I believe I have, over a number of years, learned to be a little less direct.
The most stupid mistake a counter-insurgency operation can make is alienating the population. If you alienate the population, you're finished. - Meles Zenawi
The most stupid mistake a counter-insurgency operation can make is alienating the population. If you alienate the population, you're finished.
- Meles Zenawi
Spending one hour with Isaias is far more worthwhile, rewarding and enlightening than reading ten books - Meles Zenawi
Spending one hour with Isaias is far more worthwhile, rewarding and enlightening than reading ten books
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… - Meles Zenawi
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…
As a person, I have never been discourteous or nasty to anybody. I may have stood my ground a bit too directly, a bit too firmly, and I believe I hav… - Meles Zenawi
As a person, I have never been discourteous or nasty to anybody. I may have stood my ground a bit too directly, a bit too firmly, and I believe I hav…
It's true we have our disagreements on border issues, we have disagreements on trade and related issues, but you don't go invading a country whenever… - Meles Zenawi
It's true we have our disagreements on border issues, we have disagreements on trade and related issues, but you don't go invading a country whenever…
It does surprise me that intelligent people in the 21st century could claim that if you respond to the terrorists with force, you spawn terrorism, bu… - Meles Zenawi
It does surprise me that intelligent people in the 21st century could claim that if you respond to the terrorists with force, you spawn terrorism, bu…
I know more now than I did in the past about the process of democratization. I know more about the pitfalls. - Meles Zenawi
I know more now than I did in the past about the process of democratization. I know more about the pitfalls.
Of course everybodys thinking evolves over time. - Meles Zenawi
Of course everybodys thinking evolves over time.
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 bi… - Meles Zenawi
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 bi…
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