"When we planned our country's economic development, we had the strategic objective of our Revolution in mind. It was not planned for economic development [to be] solely an end in itself. There are some who have forgotten that the sole basis of our revolutionary struggle was the ideology and politics which we follow..."

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Source : "Integrated Rural Development: The Ethiopian Experience and the Debate". Book by J. M. Cohen, 1987.

Mengistu Haile Mariam

#Country Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Mind Quotes

“It is easy for me to put on a show and be cocky..but to express oneself honestly not lying to oneself, now that my friend is very hard to do”
“As far as the surface is concerned - oil on canvas, conventionally applied - my pictures have little to do with the original photograph. They are totally painting (whatever that may mean). On the other hand, they are so like the photograph that the thing that distinguished the photograph from all other pictures remains intact.”
“You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York.”
“I came to Los Angeles and did auditions for television. I made a terrible mess of most of them and I was quite intimidated. I felt very embarrassed and went back to London. I got British television jobs intermittently between the ages of 23 and 27, but it was very patchy.”
“The trick is to realize that one is not important, except insofar as oneâ€™s example can serve to elucidate a more widespread human trait and make readers feel a little less lonely and freakish.”
“Only the dying take pleasure in the details of what the healthy fail to notice.”
“You don't have to be a genius to find the hidden potential deep in your mind.”
“They were all you, to me. All of them were you.”

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