58 Quotes by Meles Zenawi

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.

Our position is that we can sit down and talk to try to solve our problems through dialogue.

The rule of law is the basis for any democracy. And without the rule of law in democracy, you have chaos.

We have built tens of thousands of schools, clinics and rural roads.

When push comes to shove, people vote alone.

When you have an emergency, there is the urge to do whatever it takes to see people get assistance.

Famine has wreaked havoc in Ethiopia for so long , it would be stupid not to be sensitive to the risk of such things occurring. But there has not been a famine on our watch - emergencies, but no famines.

We have no intention of playing fast and loose with this document, with the OAU process, ... We only hope that this time around the other side really means what it says.

We shall negotiate while we fight and we shall fight while we negotiate,