ሕወሃት የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ጠላት ነው! ሕወሃቶች በኦሮሚያ የጀመሩትን ኅብረተሰብ የማጥፋት እኩይ ተግባር መቋቋም የኢትዮጵያውያን ሁሉ የወቅቱ አስገዳጅ ተግባር ነው! — መደመጥ ያለበት!

Max Weber

"When they [government officials] first came they told us an investor was coming and we would develop the land alongside one another. They didn't say the land would be taken away from us entirely. I don't understand why the government took the land."

Farmer Gemechu Garbaba

His wife adds:

"Since the land was taken away from us we are impoverished. Nothing has gone right for us, since these investors came."

Africa succumbs to colonial-style land grab
Channel 4 News, 7 January 2012