"When we were at school we were taught to sing the songs of the Europeans. How many of us were taught the songs of the Wanyamwezi or of the Wahehe? Many of us have learnt to dance the rumba, or the cha…"

"A man who is not a socialist in his youth has no heart; a man who is still a socialist in his old age has no head."

"Ignorance is not a weapon. It is a liability."

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

"We must guard our independence jealously."