We have fought for our land, we have fought for our sovereignty, small as we are we have won our independence and we are prepared to shed our blood... So, Blair keep your England, and let me keep my Zimbabwe.

Africa must revert to what it was before the imperialists divided it. These are artificial divisions which we, in our pan-African concept will seek to remove.

It could never be a correct justification that, because the whites oppressed us yesterday when they had power, that the blacks must oppress them today because they have power.

I am an educationist. I'm an economist. I am a politician. I am also now a good storyteller, you know?

We expected anyway that the democratic forces which have agreed with us in Zimbabwe would have rallied behind us. But it was a difficult struggle.

What is the problem? We now have aeroplanes which can take them back quicker than the ships used by their ancestors.

So, Blair keep your England, and let me keep my Zimbabwe.