Meles Quotes
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Meles Quotes & Sayings
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When push comes to shove, people vote alone.
— Meles Zenawi
We've got a responsibility to live up to the legacy of those who came before us by doing all that we can to help those who come after us.
— Michelle Obama
In the urban areas, we have focused on infrastructure roads, telecommunications, power.
— Meles Zenawi
[She] knew that it was not precisely a body that one loved. One loved the man who shone out through the eyes and used its mouth to smile and speak.
— Louis De Bernieres
Spending one hour with Isaias is far more worthwhile, rewarding and enlightening than reading ten books
— Meles Zenawi
It is illegal to be a member of an organization that is challenging the constitution by armed force.
— Meles Zenawi
The worst thing of all would be to disgrace himself. He was more afraid of that than of dying.
— Ken Follett
I think you're something wonderful.
— N.R. Walker
Even if nothing awaits you in the dark, Tal wondered, what if your line is baited, and you keep pulling in things you do not intend?
— Matt Holgate
Under the previous regime of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, I was detained. So was my wife, Serkalem Fasil. She gave birth to our son in prison in 2005.
— Eskinder Nega
I am not worried that the Egyptians will suddenly invade Ethiopia. Nobody who has tried that has lived to tell the story.
— Meles Zenawi
I know more now than I did in the past about the process of democratization. I know more about the pitfalls.
— Meles Zenawi
Of course everybody's thinking evolves over time.
— Meles Zenawi
When you have an emergency, there is the urge to do whatever it takes to see people get assistance.
— Meles Zenawi
Our position is that we can sit down and talk to try to solve our problems through dialogue.
— Meles Zenawi
The rule of law is the basis for any democracy. And without the rule of law in democracy, you have chaos.
— Meles Zenawi
Democracy cannot be a plaything for the capital cities. It has to infiltrate every nook and cranny in the country, including the village.
— Meles Zenawi
I cannot separate my achievements from what can be considered as the achievements of the ruling party.
— Meles Zenawi
We believe democracy cannot be imposed from outside in any society. Democracy is the expression of a sovereign people.
— 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
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.
— Meles Zenawi
I would love to be the African leader that steps down, that overthrows this idea of a Big Man ruler. I don't want to stay in office forever.
— Meles Zenawi
God's commandments are not given to limit or punish us.
— Joseph B. Wirthlin