Julius Nyerere
Father of Tanzania
Sayings by Julius Nyerere
The purpose of development is man's development, not the development of things.
We cannot afford to be anything but united.
To build a nation, you must first build a people.
Freedom and development are as important to us as food and water.
The greatest enemy of mankind is not war, but poverty.
Socialism is an attitude of mind.
Without the people, there is no development.
We have been oppressed for too long, and we are not going to be oppressed again.
The developing countries are not asking for charity, but for justice.
We are trying to build a nation where everyone is equal, where everyone has dignity.
The true measure of a society is how it treats its weakest members.
Our independence means that we are free to make our own mistakes.
We need to develop our own path, not simply imitate others.
The greatest resource of any nation is its people.
To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to go there.
We have to learn to walk before we can run, but we must learn to run very fast.
The people are the army of development.
Without commitment, nothing can be achieved.
Our nation must be built on the foundation of equality and justice.
The only way to build a strong nation is to build a strong people.