Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking.

- Idi Amin

You cannot run faster than a bullet.

- Idi Amin

If we knew the meaning to everything that is happening to us, then there would be no meaning.

- Idi Amin

It's not for me. I tried human flesh and it's too salty for my taste.

- Idi Amin

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.

- Idi Amin

I am the hero of Africa.

- Idi Amin

I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.

- Idi Amin

I love the Americans. They are my best friends.

- 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.

- Idi Amin

I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion.

- Idi Amin

I'm a good Muslim and I'm only interested in Islam.

- Idi Amin