“When I leave Somalia I will leave buildings but not people.”

— Siad Barre

Last words in power (27 January, 1991), as quoted by Mahamud M. Yahya. Siad Barre s Military Coup: 40 Years Later http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?Siad-Barre-s-Military-Coup:-40-Years-Later&sid=16468&tirsan=6, Mareeg (n.d.)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "When I leave Somalia I will leave buildings but not people." by Siad Barre?

Siad Barre 9

Head of State of Somalia 1919–1995

Related quotes

“No, I'm a man with a rule. People leave me alone, I leave them alone. If they don't, I don't.”

Lee Child book Nothing to Lose

Source: Nothing to Lose

“She liked people. Me, I can take them or leave them, but mostly leave them.”

Sue Townsend (1946–2014) English writer and humorist

Source: The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year

“I leave out the parts that people skip.”

Elmore Leonard (1925–2013) American novelist and screenwriter

When asked about the popularity of his detective novels, quoted by William Zinsser, A Family of Readers Book-of-the-Month Club (1986)
"Making It Up as I Go Along", AARP Magazine 52 (4A), July/August 2009
Variant: Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.

“Our country needs to go forward, not to go back. I promise to build a Somalia that is in harmony with itself and is in harmony with the world.”

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955) President of Somalia; PDP Chairman; educator; civic, academic, and political activist

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (2022) cited in " Somalia Elects New President, but Terrorists Hold True Power https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/15/world/africa/somalia-election-president.html" on The New York Times, 15 May 2022.