Quotes by Thirst For Power Everything Mengistu has done since 1977 has been to place himself in a position of uncontestable power. Neither Haile Selassie nor any of the previous emperors had this insatiable thirst for power. Mengistu Haile Mariam thirst-for-power emperor done ... a thirst for power is the natural disease of monarchy. Thomas Paine thirst-for-power disease natural
