"I know that I am not alone. I am supported by the people and by God."

"Our dearest wish perhaps, some may find it utopian is to found in the Congo a Nation in which differences of race and religion will melt away, a homogeneous society composed of Belgians and Congolese …"

"The only thing which we wanted for our country is the right to a worthy life, to dignity without pretence, to independence without restrictions."

"Dead, living, free, or in prison on the orders of the colonialists, it is not I who counts. It is the Congo, it is Africa."

"Our country, which was plundered for 80 years, is now free. No one will be able to stop us from building our independence."