The top 10 most inspiring quotes by Mengistu Haile Mariam
- I’m a military man, I did what I did only because my country had to be saved from tribalism and feudalism. If I failed, it was only because I was betrayed. The so-called genocide was nothing more than just a war in defence of the revolution and a system from which all have benefited.
- I am a revolutionary; my life is dedicated to freeing the people.
- In this country, some aristocratic families automatically categorize persons with dark skin, thick lips, and kinky hair as “Barias” [Amharic for slave]… let it be clear to everybody that I shall soon make these ignoramuses stoop and grind corn!
- From now on you must pray for your people and yourself three times a day.
- Henceforth we will tackle our enemies that come face to face with us and we will not be stabbed in from behind by internal foes. To this end, we will arm the allies and comrades of the broad masses without giving respite to reactionaries, and avenge the blood of our comrades double – and triple – fold.
- 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.
- 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 is a barbaric and cruel creature who becomes happy with the death of human beings.
- Ethiopia did not have the same problem [of corruption]. African leaders looked at us with envy.
- Mengistu seemed to symbolize the revolution. He was the baria, the slave who overthrew the master, the member of the conquered tribe who got even with the conquerors, the poorly educated son of a servant who rose against the intellectual elite.
Mengistu Haile Mariam, born on May 21, 1937, in Wolayita, Ethiopia, is a former Ethiopian military officer and politician who led the country from 1974 to 1991. Rising to prominence as a leader in the Derg, the military junta that deposed Emperor Haile Selassie, Mengistu became the head of state in 1977.
His regime, marked by Marxist-Leninist ideology, implemented sweeping land reforms and nationalization policies but is most notorious for the Red Terror, a brutal campaign against political opponents that resulted in thousands of deaths.
Mengistu’s rule saw significant famine and economic decline, exacerbated by the prolonged civil war with Eritrean and Tigrayan insurgents. In 1991, facing imminent defeat, he fled to Zimbabwe, where he has lived in exile ever since. Convicted of genocide in absentia by an Ethiopian court in 2006, Mengistu remains a polarizing figure in Ethiopian history.
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