We believe democracy cannot be imposed from outside in any society. Democracy is the expression of a sovereign people. Meles Zenawi More Quotes by Meles Zenawi More Quotes From Meles Zenawi 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. Meles Zenawi problems government together people 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. Meles Zenawi think poverty government war After Nigeria, we are the second biggest black African nation. We are the headquarters of the African Union. We are the only African country that has never been colonized. This is perhaps the last surviving African civilization. Meles Zenawi nation never black country Democracy cannot be a plaything for the capital cities. It has to infiltrate every nook and cranny in the country, including the village. Meles Zenawi cannot village democracy country While all democratic systems are works in progress, ours started rather late and therefore has a longer distance to cover. But democratic transformation for us is not mimicking some facets of Western governance. The focus has been on building institutions of democratic governance. Meles Zenawi progress building distance focus Some people think African states cannot be trusted with the cookie jar. But there are absolutely good NGOs who have this feeling of human solidarity and who also recognize that their work can only be supplementary to the government. Meles Zenawi good government work people I am not worried that the Egyptians will suddenly invade Ethiopia. Nobody who has tried that has lived to tell the story. Meles Zenawi nobody i-am will story Eritrea is hellbent on destabilising Ethiopia. It does not care who it sleeps with. Meles Zenawi does who ethiopia care I would love to be the African leader that steps down, that overthrows this idea of a Big Man ruler. I don't want to stay in office forever. Meles Zenawi down man leader love I cannot separate my achievements from what can be considered as the achievements of the ruling party. Meles Zenawi achievements separate cannot party We have built tens of thousands of schools, clinics and rural roads. Meles Zenawi schools roads rural built
