Best Somalia Quotes
53 Somalia quotes by 38 unique authors
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Whatever happens in Mogadishu, in Somalia, will happen in Great Britain. We have interlocking interests.
— William Hague
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It is convenient for the old men to blame Eve. To insist we are damned because a country girl talked to the snake one afternoon…
— Jack Gilbert
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Death in Somalia seldom bothers to announce its arrival. In fact, death calls with the arrogance of a guest confident on receiving a warm welcome…
— Nuruddin Farah
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Finally, I also come in recognition of the great work that has been undertaken by the NGOs and UN agencies that have been active for…
— Jan Egeland
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For the security of the UK, it matters a lot for Somalia to become a more stable place.
— William Hague
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A drone is a high-tech version of an old army and a musket. It ought to be used in Somalia to hunt bad guys, but…
— Charles Krauthammer
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I want people to know there is more to Somalia than looting and piracy.
— Michael Palin
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The really disturbing thing about Somalia is that in a country where there are few economic opportunities, pirates are perceived as glamorous and are held…
— Wilbur Smith
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As I searched the atlas for somewhere to run to, Hugh made a case for his old stomping grounds. His first suggestion was Beirut, where…
— David Sedaris
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The long-term solution in preventing another famine in Somalia is to promote self-reliance.
— Hawa Abdi
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We women in Somalia are trying to be leaders in our community.
— Hawa Abdi
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People feel repressed by their own governments; they feel unfairly treated by the outside world; they wake up in the morning, and who do they…
— Mohamed ElBaradei
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Somalia is an important story in the world, and it needed to be told.
— Amanda Lindhout
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It was a slow understanding that the lack of education in a country like Somalia creates these huge social problems.
— Amanda Lindhout
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Women in Somalia face almost unimaginable oppression.
— Amanda Lindhout
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A little goes a long way in Somalia: $5 will feed a person there for about two weeks.
— Amanda Lindhout
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Somalia is very dangerous, and no one knows that better than I.
— Amanda Lindhout
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Faced with the collapse of Iraq into something like Lebanon - or worse, Somalia - the Bush administration opted for a new counterinsurgency strategy. Violence…
— Noah Feldman
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When an international news organization covers a story in Somalia, Yemen, Sudan or wherever, they will fly a crew to go there, spend a few…
— Wadah Khanfar
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I left Somalia when I was seven years old, but I witnessed a whole year in a war.
— Barkhad Abdi
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The U.S., often in secret, carries out counterterrorism missions all the time, with drones in places like Yemen and Somalia.
— Richard Engel
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The U.S. has taken an active role in wars from Libya to the Central African Republic, sent special ops forces into countries from Somalia to…
— Nick Turse
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All we hear about Africa in the West is Darfur, Zimbabwe, Congo, Somalia, as if that is all there is.
— Mo Ibrahim
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Our assistance in Somalia has been remarkably effective and successful, and we have helped with very small resources - a large group of people and…
— Jan Egeland
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The change began in Somalia, where we discovered that we were involved in an operation where there was no peace, so there was no more…
— Boutros Boutros-Ghali
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