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Independence cannot be real if a nation depends upon gifts.

African nationalism is meaningless, dangerous, anachronistic, if it is not, at the same time, pan-Africanism.

If real development is to take place, the people have to be involved.

Should we really let our people starve so we can pay our debts.

In Tanzania, it was more than one hundred tribal units which lost their freedom; it was one nation that regained it.

Small nations are like indecently dressed women. They tempt the evil-minded.

There is no time to waste. We must either unite now or perish.

In Tanganyika we believe that only evil, Godless men would
make the color of a mans skin the criteria for granting him civil
rights.

No nation has the right to make decisions for another nation; no people for another people.

Take every penny you have set aside for aid for Tanzania and spend it in the UK, explaining to people the facts and causes of poverty.

We spoke and acted as if, given the opportunity for self-government, we would quickly create utopias. Instead injustice, even tyranny, is rampant.

Education is not a way to escape poverty, it is a way of fighting it.

You cannot develop people. You must allow people to develop themselves.

The greatest contraceptive one can have in the developing world is the knowledge that your children will live

The African is not 'Communistic' in his thinking; he is
if I may coin an expression - 'communitary'.