Only armchair politicians are immune from committing mistakes. Errors are inherent in political action.

We signal that good can be achieved amongst human beings who are prepared to trust, prepared to believe in the goodness of people.

I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites.

It is not our diversity which divides us; it is not our ethnicity, or religion or culture that divides us. Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division amongst us: between those who cherish democracy and those who do not.

There was much in such a society that was primitive and insecure and it certainly could never measure up to the demands of the present epoch. But in such a society are contained the seeds of revolutionary democracy in which none will be held in slavery.

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in your hands to make a difference.