Only God who appointed me will remove me.

Stay with us, please remain in this country and constitute a nation based on national unity.

The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans.

The land is ours. It's not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people... Those of white extraction who happen to be in the country and are farming are welcome to do so, but they must do so on the basis of equality.

I would spend my time telling stories or writing them.

Certainly we must combine forces . South African troops are within the country.We raised this matter with Mrs [Margaret] Thatcher and Lord [Peter] Carrington when we met them and we wanted to get from them a definite commitment that they were going to get the South African troops out.

If you take men and lock them in a house for five years and tell them to come up with two children and they fail to do that, then we will chop off their heads.