Eskinder Nega quotes
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“Freedom is partial to no race. Freedom has no religion. Freedom favors no ethnicity. Freedom discriminates not between rich and poor countries. Inevitably freedom will overwhelm Ethiopia.”
-- Eskinder NegaSource : "Nelson Mandela Was Released From Prison After 27 Years. These 10 Political Prisoners Are Still Waiting" By Dominique Mosbergen, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 7, 2013.
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“As Ethiopia goes, so goes the whole Horn of Africa - a region where instability can have major security and humanitarian implications for the United States and Europe.”
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“As a prisoner of conscience committed to peaceful transition to democracy, I urge Europe to apply economic sanctions against Ethiopia. What short-term pain may result will be compensated by long-term gain. A pledge to re-engage energetically with a democratic Ethiopia would act as a catalyst for reform.”
-- Eskinder NegaSource : "A prisoner of conscience's call for sanctions against Ethiopia" by Eskinder Nega, www.theguardian.com. September 6, 2013.
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“We live in an age of global expectations. Our hopes have converged in many ways, none more so than in our democratic aspirations.”
-- Eskinder NegaSource : "A prisoner of conscience's call for sanctions against Ethiopia" by Eskinder Nega, www.theguardian.com. September 6, 2013.
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“All the great crimes of history, lest we forget, have their genesis in the moral wilderness of their times.”
-- Eskinder Nega
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“Even if my country remains in war with yours. . .remember. . . i am not your enemy.”
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“On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.”
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“The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.”
Source : As quoted in "Road Signs for Success" y Jim Whitt, (p. 61), 1993.
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