"We are a sovereign nation."

"Our economy is a hundred times better than the average African economy. Outside South Africa, what country is [as good as] Zimbabwe? … What is lacking now are goods on the shelves – that is all."

"If you are a good leader, you must be prepared to step on some toes."

"I am a man of peace, but I am also a man of war."

"It is not worthy of discussion. Those that engage in such acts are insane. We cannot tolerate this, otherwise the dead will rise against us."