"A man who is not a socialist in his youth has no heart; a man who is still a socialist in his old age has no head."

"When we were at school we were taught to sing the songs of the Europeans. How many of us were taught the songs of the Wanyamwezi or of the Wahehe? Many of us have learnt to dance the rumba, or the cha…"

"Hakuna dini Tanzania, Hakuna. (There is no Tanzanian religion, none.)"

"It is one of those funny things in history that a state, a state represents nothing, you know, it's sometimes an accident of history. But once it is there, it has more power sometimes than religion, t…"

"Democracy is not a bottle of Coca-Cola which you can import. Democracy should develop according to that particular country."