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

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

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

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

You say that this society will come to an end, because societies always have done so. I wonder whether they have ended because they were not really societies at all.

Whatever you search for will either meet you halfway or wait for you.

If your dream is a big dream and if you want your life to work on the high level that you say you do there's no way around doing the work it takes to get you there.

Only in black and white can I see the design and textures. I don't consider color photography art. Black and white is an interpretation. Color is a duplication.

Never joke with the press. Irony does not translate into newsprint.

It is the loss of the feminine counterpart of God that causes the wound that never heals.

We have to be irrational and vindictive, because that's going to frighten people. And we have to maintain this for years. And then we'll be able to carry out the actions that we want to carry out.

I don't require movies to be about good people, and I don't reject screen violence.

I wanted to become an artist because it meant endless possibilities. Art was a way of reinventing myself.

When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.