QUOTES
"Up to now, I have never served nor become a messenger for any foreign power
or interest. I am an enemy to any kind of slavery, in all its shapes and colors.
No man, be he European or African, can force me into the yoke of any kind of
bondage. If there be some one who dares to attempt my assassination in order
to force me to submit to doing things contrary to my feeling and will, then I
also have in me the courage to die for my political beliefs, for the cause of
liberty of my country, and for the genuine interest of my brothers and sisters."
-- Woldeab Woldemariam in Hanti Eritra, Issue # 88, August 22, 1951. Woldeab
Woldemariam was Eritrean intellectual in the nineteen forties, popular writer
and a true patriot who struggled for the independence of Eritrea.
"My children, make peace amongst yourselves. Be united; Don't be Moslems and
Christians. Avoid religious, ethnic and regional differences and confront your
foes by forging solid unity". Words of Sheikh Ibrahim Sultan to EPLF's second
congress in 1987. Sheikh Ibrahim Sultan was founder of Al Rabita Al Islamiya
party and one of the founding fathers of the struggle that made Eritrean
Independence possible.
"We are all Eritreans, we have to serve our country with honesty and sincerity,
we are here to achieve a goal, and if there is anybody who may has individual
ambitions other than the declared objective, then, he must leave now. We all
have to show extreme commitment and dedication and carry out the commands and
instructions of the leader, no matter how hard they are, for the cause of our
country." Words of Hamid Idris Awate founder of the Eritrean revolution 1961.
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