Osman opposed force in Somali-occupied lands and insisted nothing good comes without democracy

Evidence

I have faith in the country, but everything depends on the people; that in spite of everything[,] I do not maintain that force should be used in the Somali occupied lands and that one should not lose patience trying to resolve the problem; that without democracy nothing good can happen; … that there has been a lot of disappointment since Mohamed Haji Egal and whoever else with him made the choices did not respond to good will. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 980

Categorization

• XREF: Foreshadows the 1969 coup and the collapse of multiparty democracy — Osman’s worry proved prophetic.
• DEEPTHINKING: A rare concise statement of a founder’s nonviolent, constitutionalist worldview under threat — merits strong consideration as a top-tier excerpt.