Zimbabwe Quotes - Page 3

• Russia is certainly no longer a free country. We are moving in the direction of Zimbabwe.

  Andrey Illarionov

  Country, Moving, Russia

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• If the situation in Zimbabwe continues to deteriorate, Britain will argue for Zimbabwe's suspension from the Commonwealth at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in March.

  Jack Straw

  Government, Arguing, March

  "UK threat to punish Mugabe" by Andrew Meldrum and Ewen MacAskill, www.theguardian.com. January 8, 2002.

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• It has been hard to muster the resources to support fledgling democracies and to intervene on behalf of the most desperate. The AIDS orphans in Uganda, the refugee fleeing Zimbabwe, the young woman who has been trafficked into the sex trade in Southeast Asia. It has been hard, yet this assistance together with the compassionate work of private charities, people of conscience and people of faith, has shown the soul of our country.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Country, Sex, Uganda

  Condoleezza Rice's Speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, www.foxnews.com. August 29, 2012.

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• What is the worst, is that you will have the meltdown of Zimbabwe that the IMF is talking about. And indeed what you will have is growing unemployment in Zimbabwe, growing impoverishment among the people, growing social conflict. And I think that is the worst sort of outcome, that collapse of Zimbabwe certainly would have a much, much worse effect on the region than mere image.

  Thabo Mbeki

  Thinking, Talking, People

  Source: www.nelsonmandela.org

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• The Commonwealth is a mere club, but it has become like Animal Farm, where some members are more equal than others. How can Blair claim to regulate and direct events and still say all of us are equals?

  Robert Mugabe

  Animal, Events, Clubs

  "Mugabe: Commonwealth is 'Animal Farm'" by Chris Chinaka and Ed Johnson, www.independent.co.uk. December 7, 2003.

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