We spoke and acted as if, given the opportunity for self-government, we would quickly create utopias. Instead injustice, even tyranny, is rampant.

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

If a door is shut, attempts should be made to open it; if it is ajar, it should be pushed until it is wide open. In neither case should the door be blown up at the expense of those inside.

Independence cannot be real if a nation depends upon gifts.

If real development is to take place, the people have to be involved.

In Tanzania, it was more than one hundred tribal units which lost their freedom; it was one nation that regained it.

Decisions made in Washington are more important to us than those made here in Dar es-Salaam. So, maybe my people should be allowed to vote in American presidential elections.