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18 of Robert Mugabe's most famous quotes

Doha - During his 37-year rule of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has built up an impressive amount of controversy, mostly by using colourful and often hateful language. The 93-year-old leader - the world's oldest head of state - has been prone to rail against a wide range of topics; from homosexuality and Britain, to Barack Obama and Donald Trump. With many in Zimbabwe and the wider world now wondering whether Mugabe will remain in power after Wednesday's  takeover by the army , Aljazeera lists his most famous quotes. On imperialism "Africa must revert to what it was before the imperialists divided it. These are artificial divisions which we, in our pan-African concept, will seek to remove." -  Speech at Salisbury, 1962 "Stay with us, please remain in this country and constitute a nation based on national unity." -  A plea to the white population of Zimbabwe at a Zanu-PF rally, 1980 "Only God, who appointed me, will remove me - n