Julius Nyerere — "Freedom and development are as important to us as food and water."

"People cannot be developed; they can only develop themselves."

"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…"

"We cannot be truly independent if we are economically dependent."

"We cannot afford to be anything but united."

"A nation which refuses to learn from foreign culture is nothing but a nation of idiots and lunatics... But to learn from other cultures does not mean we should abandon our own."