"I must die so as to see again those who died before, and to tell them the seed we sowed has taken root."
— Mengistu Neway

January 1, 1970

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March 30, 1961, as quoted in Edmund J. Keller (1991) Revolutionary Ethiopia: From Empire to People's Republic, Indiana University Press, page 131