Joe Slovo

Therefore, our fight must primarily be a political mass struggle with revolutionary goals.

— Joe Slovo

No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism.

— Joe Slovo

The ANC, we believe, stands at the head of the whole liberation front, the whole Mass Democratic Movement.

— Joe Slovo

Eventually, it is found out but it takes time especially in the conditions when communication is difficult, when the enemy is making…

— Joe Slovo

No movement finding itself in this stage of struggle can operate by getting authority from the leading body of the political organs…

— Joe Slovo

One thing is obvious: Our policy, which is directed at making the country ungovernable, has started to bear fruit. The process that…

— Joe Slovo

Reality shows that, contrary to other countries in southern Africa, we have no basis for a classical guerilla struggle. We have never…

— Joe Slovo

Some may seek revenge, but this is not our policy.

— Joe Slovo

Socialism is undoubtedly in the throes of a crisis greater than at any time since 1917. The last half of 1989 saw…

— Joe Slovo

I think it is tragic that a situation should arise where civilians on any side are killed. But it is almost a…

— Joe Slovo

It has been demonstrated that no system, not even the most inhuman, can continue to exist without an ideology.

— Joe Slovo

But as you say, the fundamental stumbling block is the question of the future of the economy. And it's not just the…

— Joe Slovo

You can't go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you've got to keep it over your shoulder.

— Joe Slovo

I think a legitimate target is the enemy and [the] enemy is basically in uniform, but not all [are] in Uniform. For…

— Joe Slovo

On the other hand, one factor helps us that no other liberation struggle in this region could count on - our liberation…

— Joe Slovo

However, the combination of civil resistance, of large-scale mass activities and strikes, with a certain degree of revolutionary violence, could provoke a…

— Joe Slovo

When a man has been consistently battering his wife, he shouldn't expect a bouquet of roses from her the morning after he…

— Joe Slovo

Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology.

— Joe Slovo

We believe the currently one cannot speak of a revolutionary situation, just as there is no concrete possibilities of an immediate and…

— Joe Slovo

One of the regime's most important tactics is the creation of a third force in the country.

— Joe Slovo

We are of the opinion that an important and irreversible process is taking place among the white population. Just as with the…

— Joe Slovo

We need to respond to the mood of the people - that we must take the lives of the other side as…

— Joe Slovo

The whole of that part of Southern Africa which is controlled by racial minorities is experiencing either consistent and regular guerilla activity…

— Joe Slovo

It's not difficult in South Africa for the ordinary person to see the link between capitalism and racist exploitation, and when one…

— Joe Slovo

As a result, ways out of the crisis are being intensively searched for at all levels - ways, which, however, aim at…

— Joe Slovo