Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Eskinder Nega Quotes

Ethiopian - Journalist | 1968 -

In the long march of history, at least two poles of attraction and antagonism have been the norm in world politics. Rarely has only one nation carried the burden of leadership. The unipolar world of the 21st century, dominated for the past two decades by the United States, is a historical anomaly.

Leadership History Politics Past

I distinctly remember the vivacious optimism that inundated the United States when the Soviet Union imploded in the early 1990s. This was not glee generated by the doom of an implacable enemy, but thrill germinated by the real possibilities that the future held for freedom.

Future Freedom Optimism Remember

I am jailed, with around 200 other inmates, in a wide hall that looks like a warehouse.

I Am Looks Like Warehouse Around Am

I've never conspired to overthrow the government; all I did was report on the Arab Spring and suggest that something similar might happen in Ethiopia if the authoritarian regime didn't reform.

Government Spring Never Authoritarian

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.

Son Wife Prison Birth She Prime

Tyranny is increasingly unsustainable in this post-cold-war era. It is doomed to failure. But it must be prodded to exit the stage with a whimper - not the bang that extremists long for.

Failure Long Tyranny Exit Stage Era

I was arrested in September 2011 and detained for nine months before I was found guilty in June 2012 under Ethiopia's overly broad Anti-Terrorism Proclamation, which ostensibly covers the 'planning, preparation, conspiracy, incitement and attempt' of terrorist acts.

Preparation Planning Guilty September

As Ethiopia goes, so goes the whole Horn of Africa - a region where instability can have major security and humanitarian implications for the United States and Europe.

Security Africa Europe Where Whole

Democracy is a destiny of humanity which cannot be averted. It can be delayed but not defeated.

Democracy Destiny Humanity Defeated

I sleep in peace, even if only in the company of lice, behind bars. The same could not be said of my incarcerators though they sleep in warm beds, next to their wives, in their homes.

Peace Sleep Warm Said Company Same

All the great crimes of history, lest we forget, have their genesis in the moral wilderness of their times.

History Great Wilderness Moral Times

Wont to unlearn from history, we aptly repeat even its most brazen mistakes.

History Mistakes Repeat Even Most

12 Next page Last

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Eskinder Nega quotes