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Meles Zenawi Quotes

1955–2012 Ethiopia

Meles Zenawi (Ge'ez: መለስ ዜናዊ አስረስ Mäläs Zenawi Äsräs; 8 May 1955 – 20 August 2012) was the Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 1995 to 2012.

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

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.

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.

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.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Meles Zenawi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.