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

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

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.

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

Independence cannot be real if a nation depends upon gifts.

There is no time to waste. We must either unite now or perish.

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.

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

Small nations are like indecently dressed women. They tempt the evil-minded.

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

In Tanganyika we believe that only evil, Godless men would make the color of a mans skin the criteria for granting him civil rights.

The organisation of your life begins the moment you start out your vision.

Two forces create eternity – a fairy tale and a dream from the fairy tale.

After nearly a year of mourning, I feel like the Victorians when Edison came along- all those years in the darkness, and then electric light. I've got the earth between my toes.

Basically, less educated or high school-educated whites are going to Donald Trump. It doesn't matter what the guy does. And college-educated going to Hillary Clinton.

A generous heart, kind speech, & a life of service & compassion are the things which renew humanity.

Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of the Battle of Hastings.

the poet like an acrobat climbs on rime to a high wire of his own making.

I'm a registered Democrat.

Fame is fickle, but Obscurity is usually faithful to the end.

I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'