Fortune, honour, beauty, youth, Are but blossoms dying; Wanton pleasures, doting love, Are but shadows flying.
Should we really let our people starve so we can pay our debts.
Unity will not make us rich, but it can make it difficult for Africa and the African peoples to be disregarded and humiliated. And it will, therefore, increase the effectiveness of the decisions we make and try to implement for our development. My generation led Africa to political freedom. The current generation of leaders and peoples of Africa must pick up the flickering torch of African freedom, refuel it with their enthusiasm and determination, and carry it forward.
You cannot develop people. You must allow people to develop themselves.
Education is not a way to escape poverty, it is a way of fighting it.
Decisions made in Washington are more important to us than those made here in Dar es-Salaam. So, maybe my people should be allowed to vote in American presidential elections.
Cooperation and conflict are two sides of the same coin; both arise out of man's relationship with his fellows. The larger the group, the greater the possibility of development through cooperation, and the greater the possibility of conflict.
For me, it feels like my ideas are more specific to random thoughts or single ideas I might have, as opposed to being influenced by a general perception of absurdity.
Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces.
You'll often find that it's not mom or dad, husband or wife, or the kids that's stopping you. It's you. Get out of your own way.
You members of this Conference are to be the architects of the better world. In your hands rests our future.