"We shall show the world what the black man can do when he works in freedom, and we shall make of the Congo the center of the sun's radiance for all of Africa."

"The struggle for freedom will never end until all Africans are free."

"The colonialists have turned our brothers into instruments of their domination."

"Long live independent Congo!"

"Neither brutality nor cruelty nor torture will ever bring me to ask for mercy."