I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.
— Idi Amin
I was a good soldier in the British Army. I was born in a very, very poor family. And I enlisted to escape hunger. But my officers were Scottish and they loved me. The Scots are good, you know.
You cannot run faster than a bullet.
In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.
I love the Americans. They are my best friends.
I'm a good Muslim and I'm only interested in Islam.
Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking.
I am the hero of Africa.
I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion.
It's not for me. I tried human flesh and it's too salty for my taste.
If we knew the meaning to everything that is happening to us, then there would be no meaning.