“What is important to me as it is for the Ethiopian people, is the unity of the country, the sovereignty of the country and I'm not ready to compromise on that.”

— Mengistu Haile Mariam

1990 interview to news maker

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Former dictator of Ethiopia 1937

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George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States

Remarks in a press conference, after questions by Ken Walsh of U.S. News & World Report (11 October 2001), as published https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/pagedetails.action?collectionCode=PPP&browsePath=president-57%2F2001%2F02%3BA%3BJuly+1+to+December+31%2C+2001&granuleId=PPP-2001-book2-doc-pg1218-2&packageId=PPP-2001-book2&fromBrowse=true in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: 2001, Book II (2003), Government Printing Office, p. 1226-1227.
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Abiy Ahmed (1976) Ethiopian Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

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Evo Morales (1959) Bolivian politician

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Reza Pahlavi (1960) Last crown prince of the former Imperial State of Iran

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“We resolutely defend the country's sovereignty, but advocate the settlement of territorial disputes by peaceful means.”

Nguyễn Thị Bình (1927) Vietnamese politician

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Ricardo Galvão. Ousted Head of Science Agency Criticizes Brazil’s Denial of Deforestation Data, 2019-08-20, 10.1029/2019EO131399, Showstack, R. https://eos.org/articles/ousted-head-of-science-agency-criticizes-brazils-denial-of-deforestation-data,

“What is important to me as it is for the Ethiopian people, is the unity of the country, the sovereignty of the country and I'm not ready to compromise on that.”

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