Meles Zenawi Quotes

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.

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.

..countries pretend their foreign policy is based on democratisation when this is clearly not the case. For all the challenges in Zimbabwe, for example, it is a bit of a stretch to say it is less democratic than some of the sheikhdoms of the Gulf. But none of the sheikdoms has a problem visiting Europe.

I am proud to be an Ethiopian. I am proud to be a part of that history.

I have never heard of any convincing reason as to why we should privatize land at this stage.

We believe the problem between ourselves and Eritrea will have to be resolved through dialogue, but it takes two to tango.