When we planned our country's economic development, we had … - Mengistu Haile Mariam

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When we planned our country's economic development, we had the strategic objective of our Revolution in mind. It was not planned for economic development [to be] solely an end in itself. There are some who have forgotten that the sole basis of our revolutionary struggle was the ideology and politics which we follow...

Mengistu Haile Mariam

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Mengistu Haile Mariam (born 21 May 1937) was the communist leader of Ethiopia (1974-1991) during the Ethiopian Civil War, and the most prominent member of the Derg, the military junta responsible for the deposition of Haile Selassie. Since his overthrow, he has been granted asylum in Zimbabwe by Robert Mugabe.

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Native Name: መንግስቱ ኃይለ ማርያም

Alternative Names: Mengistu Mariam

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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.

Ethiopia did not have the same problem [of corruption]. African leaders looked at us with envy.

I am a revolutionary; my life is dedicated to freeing the people.

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