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

"The Congo's independence is a decisive step towards the liberation of the entire African continent."

"We are fighting for the total liberation of Africa."

"Dead, living, free, or in prison on the orders of the colonialists, it is not I who counts. It is the Congo, it is our people for whom independence has been transformed into a cage."

"Our victory is certain."