Julius Nyerere — "I was a schoolmaster by choice and a politician by accident."
I was a schoolmaster by choice and a politician by accident.
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Reflecting on his career path, emphasizing his initial vocation as a teacher and his reluctant entry into politics.
Date: 1960
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