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

"If numbers were horses, Africa today would be riding high! Africa would be the strongest continent in the world, for it occupies more seats in the UN General Assembly than any other continent. Yet the…"

"We, in Africa, have no more need of being 'converted' to socialism than we have of being 'taught' democracy. Both are rooted in our past -- in the traditional society which produced us."

"Independence means self-reliance. Independence cannot be real if a nation depends upon gifts and handouts from another."

"We are trying to build a nation where everyone is equal, where everyone has dignity."