“Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that...” — Ryszard Kapuscinski Quote

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Amin managed to invite both the US and Soviet ambassadors to his palace at the very same time and then deliberately kept them together in his waiting room.”

“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.”

“The Cold War in Africa is one of the darkest, most disgraceful pages in contemporary history, and everybody ought to be ashamed.”

“Regardless of how I act, somebody is going to criticize me one way or the other.”

“People are absolutely free to criticize the government and protest, but their protests should be in such a way as to improve the situation in the country and their life.”

“I'm not here to criticize anyone.”

“To criticize Facebook is to criticize the telephone.”

“Those who criticize Putin are not human: they are my personal enemies.”

“I wonder what it is that the people who criticize me for telling this story truly object to: is it that I have dared to tell the story? Or that the story turns out not to be the one they wanted to hear?”