Julius Nyerere

Decisions made in Washington are more important to us than those made here in Dar es-Salaam. So, maybe my people should be allowed to vote in American presidential elections.

Decisions made in Washington are more important to us than those made here in Dar es-Salaam. So, maybe my people should be allowed to vote in American presidential elections.

A house should not be built so close to another that a chicken from one can lay an egg in the neighbor's yard, nor so far away that a child cannot shout to the yard of his neighbor.

A house should not be built so close to another that a chicken from one can lay an egg in the neighbor's yard, nor so far away that a child cannot shout to the yard of his neighbor.

The United States is also a one-party state but, with typical American extravagance, they have two of them.

The United States is also a one-party state but, with typical American extravagance, they have two of them.

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

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

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

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

A nation which refuses to learn from foreign culture is nothing but a nation of idiots and lunatics... But to learn from other cultures does not mean we should abandon our own.

A nation which refuses to learn from foreign culture is nothing but a nation of idiots and lunatics... But to learn from other cultures does not mean we should abandon our own.

Democracy is not a bottle of Coca-Cola which you can import. Democracy should develop according to that particular country.

Democracy is not a bottle of Coca-Cola which you can import. Democracy should develop according to that particular country.

We must run while others walk.

Education is not a way of escaping poverty, it is a way of fighting it.

I am not a socialist because I am poor, but because I am a human being.

It is not the business of the government to make people rich. It is the business of the government to help people make themselves rich.

We, the people of Tanzania, will not allow our country to be used as a base for subversion against any other African state.

A man is not poor because he has no money, but because he has no dignity.