"Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking. I never had any formal education—not even a nursery school certificate. But sometimes I know more than Ph.D.s because as a military man I know how to act. I am a man of action."
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Appears in Barbet Schroeder (1974), General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait.
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Idi Amin
Idi Amin Dada Oumee (May 17, 1925 – August 16, 2003) was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. He ruled as a military dictator and is considered one of the most brutal despots in modern world history.
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