"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…"

"Self-reliance is the key to our development."

"Democracy is not a bottle of Coca-Cola which you can import. Democracy should develop according to that particular country."

"Socialism is not a religion. It is a system which can be justified on purely practical grounds."

"We have to build a society where people are not exploited by others."