Mengistu Haile Mariam citáty

Mengistu Haile Mariam je bývalý předseda Prozatímní vojenské správy , která vládla Etiopii v letech 1974-1987, a prezident Etiopské lidově demokratické republiky v letech 1987-1991. Dohlížel na Rudý teror v letech 1977-1978, který měl za úkol likvidaci opozice. Mengistu utekl do Zimbabwe v roce 1991. Etiopský Nejvyšší soud ho shledal vinným z genocidy. Wikipedia  

✵ 21. květen 1937
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Mengistu Haile Mariam: Citáty anglicky

“If I had resigned on my own accord, to whom would I have transferred the reigns of power?”

Mengistu Haile Mariam

As quoted in "Mengistu blames Meles for helping Eritrea at UN to split Ethiopia: Mengistu Haile-Mariam speaks", in Jimma Times (30 July 2010) http://www.jimmatimes.com/article/Latest_News/Latest_News/Mengistu_blames_Meles_for_helping_Eritrea_at_UN_to_split_Ethiopia/33629

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

Mengistu Haile Mariam

As quoted in "Mengistu blames Meles for helping Eritrea at UN to split Ethiopia: Mengistu Haile-Mariam speaks", in Jimma Times (30 July 2010) http://www.jimmatimes.com/article/Latest_News/Latest_News/Mengistu_blames_Meles_for_helping_Eritrea_at_UN_to_split_Ethiopia/33629

“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.”

Mengistu Haile Mariam

As quoted in "Mengistu blames Meles for helping Eritrea at UN to split Ethiopia: Mengistu Haile-Mariam speaks", in Jimma Times (30 July 2010) http://www.jimmatimes.com/article/Latest_News/Latest_News/Mengistu_blames_Meles_for_helping_Eritrea_at_UN_to_split_Ethiopia/33629

“We fought them when they sought to dismember the nation. Is this why I should seek exoneration?”

Mengistu Haile Mariam

As quoted in "Mengistu blames Meles for helping Eritrea at UN to split Ethiopia: Mengistu Haile-Mariam speaks", in Jimma Times (30 July 2010) http://www.jimmatimes.com/article/Latest_News/Latest_News/Mengistu_blames_Meles_for_helping_Eritrea_at_UN_to_split_Ethiopia/33629

“[Haile Selassie] was 80 years old and a very weak man. We tried our best to save him but we could not keep him.”

Mengistu Haile Mariam

As quoted in "Mengistu defends 'Red Terror'", in BBC News (28 December 1999) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/581098.stm

“We did not even know his name.”

Mengistu Haile Mariam

As quoted in "Mengistu blames Meles for helping Eritrea at UN to split Ethiopia: Mengistu Haile-Mariam speaks", in Jimma Times (30 July 2010) http://www.jimmatimes.com/article/Latest_News/Latest_News/Mengistu_blames_Meles_for_helping_Eritrea_at_UN_to_split_Ethiopia/33629

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

Mengistu Haile Mariam

As quoted in David A. Korn (1986) Ethiopia, the United States and the Soviet Union, Southern Illinois University Press, page 61

“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.”

Mengistu Haile Mariam

As quoted in "Mengistu blames Meles for helping Eritrea at UN to split Ethiopia: Mengistu Haile-Mariam speaks", in Jimma Times (30 July 2010) http://www.jimmatimes.com/article/Latest_News/Latest_News/Mengistu_blames_Meles_for_helping_Eritrea_at_UN_to_split_Ethiopia/33629