Ethiopian - Statesman | May 8, 1955 - August 20, 2012
The rule of law is the basis for any democracy. And without the rule of law in democracy, you have chaos.
Meles Zenawi
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The... provisional government unwaveringly believes that it can solve all the present problems together with the broad masses of Ethiopia. However, we can do this only if all the people come out in unison to implement our planned undertakings.
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It does surprise me that intelligent people in the 21st century could claim that if you respond to the terrorists with force, you spawn terrorism, but if you appease them, you somehow tame them. This argument, as I said, is very interesting, and very surprising.
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Of course everybody's thinking evolves over time.
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I know more now than I did in the past about the process of democratization. I know more about the pitfalls.
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As a person, I have never been discourteous or nasty to anybody. I may have stood my ground a bit too directly, a bit too firmly, and I believe I have, over a number of years, learned to be a little less direct.
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The most stupid mistake a counter-insurgency operation can make is alienating the population. If you alienate the population, you're finished.
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Our position is that we can sit down and talk to try to solve our problems through dialogue.
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I think the Eritrean government is aware that any full-scale invasion of Ethiopia along the lines of 1998 could turn out to be suicidal... And we will not respond to any provocation short of all-out invasion. We are already engaged in a much more fruitful war - against poverty.
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We believe democracy cannot be imposed from outside in any society. Democracy is the expression of a sovereign people.
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Of course everybody's thinking evolves over time. Only dead people cease learning, and I am not certified dead yet. So I am still learning.
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Over the years, I've come to recognize that democratization in Ethiopia is not just a matter of choice. It's a matter of national survival. I am deeply convinced that we either democratize and have a good chance of surviving, or if we fail to do so, we disintegrate.
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