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“Democracy is never mob-rule. It is and should remain disciplined rule requiring compliance with the law and social rules.”

Source: Independence address to the nation, Salisbury (Harare), 17 April 1980

Context Addressing the nation on the eve of independence, after ZANU-PF won the February 1980 elections, he set out the principles on which his government intended to rule.

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Robert MugabeZimbabwe · 1924–2019
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