I was forced to come into politics because Saakashvili had destroyed the opposition. I had a choice either to leave the country, because it was dangerous to live here, or to go into politics.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I had no intention of entering politics, but then the force of events led me to become involved in politics.
I decided to go into politics because of our Soviet-style government.
I had no intention of getting back into politics. I was teaching at Bowdoin and happily retired from politics.
I am not responsible for the actions of Saakashvili and even for those of Gamsakhurdia.
Getting some distance allowed me to develop a hunger for India and to come back and explore it in a way I wouldn't have had I been living here. And that probably made me more political as well.
I decided that I was going to leave State House, and I was going also to step up and step aside so that I give President Peter Mutharika an opportunity to run the country without my interference.
When I joined politics, I was arrested in Luanshya... In 1960, I was with great people like Justine Chimba, Mazimba from Ndola and Dingiswayo Banda.
I quit politics because I hated it.
I was on leave from local and regional politics, as long as I was a Minister.
I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.
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