Meles Zenawi

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

An oversupply of national sentiment is not the problem in Somalia. The problem is a lack of it. The problem is an oversupply of sub-sub-clannish attitude.

We believe democracy cannot be imposed from outside in any society. Democracy is the expression of a sovereign people.

We do foreign assistance for altruistic reasons, certainly for humanitarian reasons, of course. But the main reason we do foreign assistance is we do it in the American national interest.

I don't like to get in front of people.

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.