“[Haile Selassie] died a natural death, as far as I know. I can't deny that there were many of my men who would have been glad to kill him with their bare hands to avenge the fathers and brothers they had lost due to him. The doctor looking after him told me nothing about any deterioration in his health, so there was no way I could personally ascertain what happened.”

As quoted in Riccardo Orizio, Talk of the Devil: Encounters with Seven Dictators, (Walker and Company, 2003), p. 145

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 "[Haile Selassie] died a natural death, as far as I know. I can't deny that there were many of my men who would have bee…" by Mengistu Haile Mariam?
Mengistu Haile Mariam photo
Mengistu Haile Mariam 18
Former dictator of Ethiopia 1937

Related quotes

Ian McEwan photo

“I did not kill my father, but I sometimes felt I had helped him on his way.”

Page 9. (Opening line of the book)
The Cement Garden (1978)

Benazir Bhutto photo
Juliet Marillier photo
Andrew Dickson White photo
Madeline Miller photo
Simon Munnery photo

“You know, it was only after my father showed me what I would inherit that I struggled to keep him alive.”

Simon Munnery (1967) British comedian

Attention Scum! (2001), Episode One

M. K. Hobson photo
Diana Gabaldon photo
Ashraf Pahlavi photo

“Carter didn't kill my brother with his own hand, but he overthrew him. If Nixon were President, my brother would still be on the throne.”

Ashraf Pahlavi (1919–2016) Iranian royal

In Bitter American Exile, the Shah's Twin Sister, Ashraf, Defends Their Dynasty (1980)

Related topics