"We are not apologetic about taking land from whites. It is ours, and we took it."

"The people's will is supreme."

"When you are in a leadership position, you must be prepared to be hated. You must be prepared to be disliked. You must be prepared to be reviled. But you must never be prepared to be defeated."

"Zimbabwe will never be a colony again. Never, ever."

"We have said we are now independent and we are masters of our destiny. That is true. But what is more important is our economy."