You cannot develop people. You must allow people to develop themselves.

The African is not 'Communistic' in his thinking; he is -- if I may coin an expression - 'communitary'.

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.

No nation has the right to make decisions for another nation; no people for another people.

Take every penny you have set aside for aid for Tanzania and spend it in the UK, explaining to people the facts and causes of poverty.

The greatest contraceptive one can have in the developing world is the knowledge that your children will live

Education is not a way to escape poverty, it is a way of fighting it.