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 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.

For some, I realize, business is the all-out pursuit of profits, period, full stop, but for us business was no more about making money than being human is about making blood.

Don't want to think about it? No problem. Don't think about it.

That just goes to show, remarked Pearlie, that you must never judge a woman in a kimono or a bathing suit.

I wasn't the leader of any gang. I was for Billy all the time.

The critics say that Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony has no form. They are wrong; it has the form of Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony.

I think everyone's voice is unique. Although sometimes when you listen to the radio, it makes you wonder.

Here ends another day, during which I have had eyes, ears, hands and the great world around me. Tomorrow begins another day. Why am I allowed two?

I'm interested in reality but I'm not interested in realism at all.

The rationale for the vast network of government welfare programs as well as regulation and control over private enterprise is based on the socialist analysis of the market economy.