I believe I can speak for the U.S. government when it comes to Mugabe. They feel he has abused his country, he has abused his people.
Quotes about mugabe (16 Quotes)
Mr Mugabe now has a choice either he calls of the thugs, allows the media to operate freely, and lets the population of Zimbabwe make a democratic choice, or he and his key ministers will pay the price.
In typical Robert Mugabe fashion he doesn't want to be outdone by any of these countries. He just wants to go ahead and withdraw his country from the Commonwealth.
I am uncomfortable when any head of state that is tyrannical and predatory comes to a conference like this, and he (Mugabe) fits that category. He is causing the crisis in Zimbabwe.
Mugabe has pushed his luck too far in terms of fighting the world. There's no way a country can live as an island and the fact that he's been defying both national and international opinion has had an effect on the general feelings within ZANU-PF,
I strongly support European sanctions against Mugabe and his ruling clique. We must do all in our power to help the people of Zimbabwe achieve their freedom and prosperity once again.
In 2000 we were given a mandate by the people to remove President Robert Mugabe. We are going back to congress in February, but he is still there. You have an obligation to report that we have failed to remove him. We have to report (even if) we say he stole the elections.
What Mugabe is saying is nothing new and is insincere. He has made similar statements before and not stuck to them and it is also very clear that he still believes he has never been wrong.
Mugabe committed a lot of crimes against many people, political opponents, farmers and others. He is being haunted by his past crimes and so it is not surprising that he is determined to stay away from these people. When you abuse power, you will never feel secure.
We have set up an appointment for Mugabe to meet the secretary-general in Rome therefore we do expect him to be in Rome.
We are making sure that every possible pressure is brought to bear on President Mugabe, ... There has to be an end to the occupations and a start to elections.
If Mugabe wins on Thursday, the fact of the matter is the international community is not going to quickly re-engage Zimbabwe. The domestic consensus that we're trying to muster will not emerge as quickly.
Coming just days before the presidential elections, it looks like yet another attempt by the Mugabe regime to obstruct the conduct of the election and the ability of the people of Zimbabwe to choose, freely and fairly, who should lead them.
Because it was quite dark in that corner I was being pushed towards shaking hands with somebody just as a matter of courtesy and then it transpired it was President Mugabe.
This is not about a speech by our ambassador, it's about failed economic policies of the government of Zimbabwe and President Mugabe.
This is a clear demonstration that Mugabe is determined to hang on to power by all means, but mostly foul.