Idi Amin quotes

Idi Amin was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the President of Uganda in the 1970s. His rule was marked by human rights abuses, political repression, and economic mismanagement. He became infamous as a brutal dictator and one of Africa's most controversial leaders. Here are 22 of his quotes:

In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order. (Idi Amin)
You cannot run faster than a bullet. View quote
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I am the hero of Africa. View quote
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Politics is like boxing - you try to knock out your opponents. View quote
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His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular. View quote
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If we knew the meaning to everything that is happening to us, then there would be no meaning. View quote
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Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking. View quote
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My mission is to lead the country out of a bad situation of corruption, depression and slavery. After I rid the country of these vices, I will then organize and supervise a general election of a genuinely democratic civilian government. View quote
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Although some people felt Adolf Hitler was bad, he was a great man and a real conqueror whose name would never be forgotten. View quote
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Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking. I never had any formal education-not even a nursery school certificate. But sometimes I know more than Ph. D. s because as a military man I know how to act. I am a man of action. View quote
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Hitler and all German people knew that the Israelis are not people who are working in the interest of the people of the world and that is why they burnt over six million Jews alive on the soil of Germany. The world should remember that the palestinians, with the assitance of Germany made the operation possible in the Olympic village. (Idi Amin)
He is killer and clown, big-hearted buffoon and strutting martinet. View quote
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Racist, erratic and unpredictable, brutal, inept, bellicose, irrational, ridiculous, and militaristic. View quote
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Amin is a splendid man by any standards and is held in great respect and affection by his British colleagues. ... He is tough and fearless and in the judgment of everybody ... completely reliable. Against this he is not very bright and will probably find difficulty in dealing with the administrative side of command. View quote
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I propose getting rid of conventional armaments and replacing them with reasonably priced hydrogen bombs that will be distributed equally throughout the world. View quote
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I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world. View quote
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I'm a good Muslim and I'm only interested in Islam. View quote
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I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion. View quote
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Introduction to a Discovery Channel documentary about Idi Amin. View quote
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It's not for me. I tried human flesh and it's too salty for my taste. View quote
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Idi Amin is a splendid type and a good [rugby] player ... but virtually bone from the neck up, and needs things explained in words of one letter. (Idi Amin)
Dictators have also been overthrown by foreign invaders working in concert with local rebel armies. Idi Amin of Uganda was as disturbingly clever as dictators go. He once wore a kilt to a royal funeral in Saudi Arabia and he is alleged to have sent President Richard Nixon a "Get Well Soon" card after the Watergate scandal broke. He was also a horrifyingly brutal tyrant. In October 1978 Amin invaded the neighboring country of Tanzania. The Tanzanian army joined forces with Ugandan rebels and, in April 1979, drove Amin out of Uganda and replaced him with the equally dictatorial Milton Obote. Yoweri Moseveni has ruled the country since 1986. To describe Uganda in the twenty-first century as a "shaky democracy" would be polite. View quote
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Idi Amin

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Occupation: Statesman
Born: 1925
Died: August 16, 2003
Quotes count: 22
Wikipedia: Idi Amin

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