I'm a military man, I did what I did only because my country had to be saved from tribalism and feudalism. If I failed, it was only because I was betrayed. The so-called genocide was nothing more than just a war in defence of the revolution and a system from which all have benefited.
Mengistu Haile Mariam
I am a revolutionary; my life is dedicated to freeing the people.
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One of the fundamental preconditions of successful socialist construction is to ensure the people's readiness to defend themselves from the ravages of probable regional or global wars on the basis of the balance of forces generating from the basic contradictions of our epoch.
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We thought that the proletariat would eventually run the world. But it is the Americans who have assumed that position.. The American people have changed.
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Mugabe fought and liberated his country from colonists. But I am here as a guest of the Zimbabwe people. I am not a personal guest of Mugabe. And veterans of the liberation struggle are well aware of this fact.
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When was in prison I admired him for his moral strength.. Of his period in power I can see few results. Apartheid no longer exists, at least to all appearances, but no one understands what the new government in South Africa is doing.
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If I had resigned on my own accord, to whom would I have transferred the reigns of power?
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Was 80 years old and a very weak man. We tried our best to save him but we could not keep him.
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We fought them when they sought to dismember the nation. Is this why I should seek exoneration?
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