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1 " The education provided must therefore encourage the development in each citizen of three things; an inquiring mind; and ability to learn from what others do, and reject or adapt it to his own needs; and a basic confidence in his own position as a free and equal member of the society, who values others and is valued by them for what he does and not for what he obtains. "
― Julius Nyerere
2 " No nation has the right to make decisions for another nation; no people for another people. "
3 " In Tanganyika we believe that only evil, Godless men would make the color of a man's skin the criteria for granting him civil rights. "
4 " And just as, in the First Scramble for Africa, one tribe was divided against another tribe to make the division of Africa easier, in the Second Scramble for Africa one nation is going to be divided against another nation to make it easier to control Africa by making her weak and divided against herself "
5 " We, in Africa, have no more need of being 'converted' to socialism than we have of being 'taught' democracy. Both are rooted in our past -- in the traditional society which produced us. "
6 " A nation which refuses to learn from foreign culture is nothing but a nation of idiots and lunatics... But to learn from other cultures does not mean we should abandon our own. "
7 " The development of the peoples means a rebellion "
8 " Socialism, like democracy, is an attitude of mind "
9 " Our need is not for brakes to social change... -our lack of trained manpower and capital resources, and even our climate, act too effectively already "
10 " If you want to know one of my most fundamental convictions, it is that I am completely non-racialist. I do not understand racialism at all. "
11 " Moyo kabla ya silaha "
12 " Will before weapons "
13 " Give them the education which will train their heads to refuse the wretchedness of mind and skill their hands to develop the resources of Africa. "
14 " Peace is born of hope, when hope is gone there will be social upheavals "
15 " One does not judge one's state of health by comparing it to that of a sick person "
16 " I am an individual and I respect my own individuality. But I am an individual and a member of a community. And a community has conditions. All the commandments - Thou Shalt Not - are about community "
17 " Hay quienes quieren llegar a la luna, mientras nosotros aún estamos tratando de llegar a la aldea "
― Julius Nyerere ,
18 " Sans unité, les peuples d'Afrique n'ont pas de futur, sauf comme perpétuelles et faibles victimes de l'impérialisme et de l'exploitation "
