We thought that the proletariat would eventually run the world. But it is the Americans who have assumed that position... The American people have changed. (Mengistu Haile Mariam)

We thought that the proletariat would eventually run the world. But it is the Americans who have assumed that position... The American people have changed.

Mengistu Haile Mariam

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