A Few Words From Idi Amin Dada...

"I am not a politician but a professional soldier. I am, therefore, a man of few words and I have been brief through my professional career."

Idi Amin, president of Uganda, from his first speech to the Ugandan nation in January 1971.

"His Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular."

The titles that Idi Amin, president of Uganda, gave himself, as reported in "A Clown Drenched in Brutality", Sunday Times, 27 July 2003.

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