--- title: "11 Mogadishu Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Mogadishu quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Mogadishu sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57b/william-hague-6344_britain_whatever-happens-in-mogadishu-in-somalia_2698124.jpg" --- > [Whatever happens in Mogadishu, in Somalia, will happen in Great Britain. We have interlocking interests.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hague/whatever-happens-in-mogadishu-in-somalia-will-happen-in-great-britain/) [William Hague](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hague/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57b/william-hague-6344_britain_whatever-happens-in-mogadishu-in-somalia_2698124.jpg) > [I'm an Englishman who did a film on Mogadishu, 'Black Hawk Down.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/i-m-an-englishman-who-did-a-film-on-mogadishu-black-hawk-down/) [Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba0/ridley-scott-1610_black_i-m-an-englishman-who-did-a-film-on-moga_1327126.jpg) > [This is a big deal. My wife and I sat in our home and we watched those young men get slaughtered on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-armey/this-is-a-big-deal-my-wife-and-i-sat-in-our-home-and-we-watched-those/) [Dick Armey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-armey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/750/dick-armey-16265_absence_this-is-a-big-deal-my-wife-and-i-sat-in_1448278.jpg) > [When I came to Mogadishu...here was one road built by the Italians. If you try to force me to stand down, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siad-barre/when-i-came-to-mogadishu-here-was-one-road-built-by-the-italians-if/) [Siad Barre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siad-barre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42a/siad-barre-49719_built_when-i-came-to-mogadishu-here-was-one-ro_1412428.jpg) > [ I guess what I'm looking for here is empathy. So you \[Nicholas Kristof\] have traveled all around the world, famously to the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-carlson/i-guess-what-i-m-looking-for-here-is-empathy-so-you-nicholas-kristof/) [Tucker Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-carlson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f62/tucker-carlson-1798_around-the-world_i-guess-what-i-m-looking-for-here-is-emp_686935.png) > [In those sticky summer nights in South London our windows stay open and our tiny apartment becomes our secret garden. The magic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diriye-osman/in-those-sticky-summer-nights-in-south-london-our-windows-stay-open/) [Diriye Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diriye-osman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/493/diriye-osman-35177_apartment_in-those-sticky-summer-nights-in-south-l_437563.jpg) > [Outside events can change a presidential campaign, a president, and the history of the nation: the Iranian hostage crisis, the bombing of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-mckinnon/outside-events-can-change-a-presidential-campaign-a-president-and-the/) [Mark McKinnon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-mckinnon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/488/mark-mckinnon-3139_beirut_outside-events-can-change-a-presidential_1212376.jpg) > [“Mogadishu the beautiful - your white-turbaned mosques, baskets of anchovies as bright as mercury, jazz and shuffling feet, bird-boned servant girls with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadifa-mohamed/mogadishu-the-beautiful-your-white-turbaned-mosques-baskets-of/) [Nadifa Mohamed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadifa-mohamed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/nadifa-mohamed-55630_africa_mogadishu-the-beautiful-your-white-turba_2647405.jpg) > [I think the Mogadishu effect, if I had to define it, is we need to be more careful where we decide to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-zinni/i-think-the-mogadishu-effect-if-i-had-to-define-it-is-we-need-to-be/) [Anthony Zinni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-zinni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/anthony-zinni-42564_careful_i-think-the-mogadishu-effect-if-i-had-to_2237414.png) > [Most unmarried Somali girls who got pregnant committed suicide. I knew of one girl in Mogadishu who poured a can of gasoline…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayaan-hirsi-ali/most-unmarried-somali-girls-who-got-pregnant-committed-suicide-i-knew/) [Ayaan Hirsi Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayaan-hirsi-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a2/ayaan-hirsi-ali-2858_alive_most-unmarried-somali-girls-who-got-preg_1078472.jpg) > [“In the city, the ‘Battle of Mogadishu’, as al-Shabaab’s offensive was known, intensified street by street with trenches, snipers and indiscriminate shelling.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-rawlence/in-the-city-the-battle-of-mogadishu-as-al-shabaab-s-offensive-was/) [Ben Rawlence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-rawlence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/ben-rawlence-29678_war_in-the-city-the-battle-of-mogadishu-as-a_1093194.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mogadishu/#itemlist", "name": "Mogadishu Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whatever happens in Mogadishu, in Somalia, will happen in Great Britain. 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