Change is a "strategic necessity" - Hillary Clinton

The following are excerpts( some paraphrased! ) from the US secretary of state remarks at the International Security Conference in Munich. She might as well have directed these remarks to president Museveni!

Change is a "strategic necessity" - it makes nations stronger and more prosperous and less susceptible to extremist ideologies.


"The status quo: "the culture of one man knows best, better than anybody" is simply not sustainable."


"Some leaders may believe that their country is an exception - that their people will not demand greater political or economic opportunities, or that they can be placated with half-measures," Clinton said. "In the short term, that may be true; but in the long-term that is untenable."

"Without genuine progress toward open and accountable political systems, the gap between people and their governments will only grow, and instability will only deepen."

"incremental steps that do not give people full freedom and opportunity only breed further discontent."

"If the events of these past few weeks prove anything, it is that the governments who consistently deny their people freedom and opportunity are the ones who will, in the end, open the door to instability."

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