Mahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live.

Our youth must be steadfast and take advantage of the benefits of modern civilization. Do not fall prey to idleness for it shall be a curse to you and to succeeding generations. You must set yourselves us as examples of determination and hard work. Plan your time and use both your physical and mental powers purposefully and productively.

We should accept diversity in culture and tradition and coexist peacefully.

As is commonly said, ‘to start anything is simple; to develop it and bring it to a successful culmination takes great effort.’

There is nothing as precious to man as a sound mind in a sound body and it is essential that the physical well being of our people merits as much attention as its spiritual welfare

Observe that anyone who dies for his country is a fortunate man, but death takes what it wants, indiscriminately, in peace-time as well as in war. It is better to die with freedom than without it.

An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans.