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Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives.

- Ryszard Kapuscinski
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Do not be misled by the fact that you are at liberty and relatively free; that for the moment you are not under lock and key: you have simply been granted a reprieve.

He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because he feared they would rebel.

Amin is the shame of the whole world. The fact that he managed to rule so long and commit so many crimes was only possible thanks to the hypocrisy of the East and the West who were waging the Cold War for world domination.

The tradition of Russian literature is also an eastern tradition of learning poetry and prose by heart.

Readership was high, and very attentive. It was people's only source of knowledge about the world.

Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and he said so openly.

I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had been educated in Moscow and since they came from different Ugandan peoples, it was the only way they could understand one another.

Most correspondents came from the former colonial powers - there were British, French, and a lot of Italians, because there were a lot of Italian communities there. And of course there were a lot of Russians.

There are several reasons why Russians view the oppressive state positively. First, in the Russian Orthodox religion, there is an understanding of authority as something sent by God.

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Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives.

Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives.

Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives.

Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives.

Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives.