Somalia Quotes
53 quotes by 38 authors
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I think probably the scaredest I've ever been was in Somalia. I arrived there when the episode that became known as 'Black Hawk Down' was…
— Geraldine Brooks
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I am grateful to my father for sending me to school, and that we moved from Somalia to Kenya, where I learned English.
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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I don't have much in me left for Somalia, because the country is so broken, it's not realistic to daydream about it.
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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I grew up in Somalia, in Saudi Arabia, in Ethiopia, and in Kenya. I came to Europe in 1992, when I was 22, and became…
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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You need the will to disarm the civilian population. If we can do it in Somalia, we can do it here.
— Mary McGrory
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This counter-terrorism campaign will be waged through a steady, relentless effort to take out Isil wherever they exist, using our air power and our support…
— Barack Obama
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I could have sworn that they were originally Americans who maybe fled. Maybe they were illegal immigrants or something who got here, come here with…
— Rush Limbaugh
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We're going to take out seven countries in 5 years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran
— Wesley Clark
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While other faiths are also often oppressive, sharia law is especially oppressive. Its interpretations stipulate the execution of Muslims who commit adultery, renounce their faith…
— Peter Tatchell
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The experience of Somalia shows that famine in the late 20th century is not a consequence of a shortage of food. On the contrary, famines…
— Michel Chossudovsky
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Imagine a weight-loss program at the end of which, instead of better health, good looks, and hot romantic prospects, you die. Somalia had become just…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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The people of Somalia just do not have a voice. They are to me the most forgotten people in the world.
— K'naan
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Nowhere is this challenge more critical -- and the need for action more pressing -- than in the Horn of Africa. From Kenya to Ethiopia,…
— Rajiv Shah
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African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.
— George Ayittey
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I think now Somalia is turning a corner and we can, with the new political development, build on momentum - really build a peaceful future.
— Jan Egeland
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I think the biggest challenge for Somalia has been the sense that it is a hopeless case of incomprehensible internal conflicts and there is nothing…
— Jan Egeland
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Somaliland and Somalia at large have been receiving now hundreds of thousands of returnees that they had to accommodate with very small resources.
— Jan Egeland
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For many people in the U.N., the 1990s was the worst decade the organization experienced. This was the decade of Somalia, Srebrenica, of Rwanda and…
— Andrew Mack
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When we think about millions of hungry children, we don't think about America. We relate the problem to other nations, like Ethiopia, India or Somalia.…
— Kristin Davis
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With a decrease in the number of pirates, there has been an increase in global warming over the same period. Therefore, global warming is caused…
— Tim Ferriss
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