Real Development Quotes by Julius Nyerere

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Julius Nyerere has 17 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• The greatest contraceptive one can have in the developing world is the knowledge that your children will live
• The African is not 'Communistic' in his thinking; he is -- if I may coin an expression - 'communitary'.
• We, in Africa, have no more need of being 'converted' to socialism than we have of being 'taught' democracy. Both are rooted…
• If a door is shut, attempts should be made to open it; if it is ajar, it should be pushed until it…
• In Tanzania, it was more than one hundred tribal units which lost their freedom; it was one nation that regained it.
• If real development is to take place, the people have to be involved.
• We spoke and acted as if, given the opportunity for self-government, we would quickly create utopias. Instead injustice, even tyranny, is rampant.
• When we were at school we were taught to sing the songs of the Europeans. How many of us were taught the…
• Independence cannot be real if a nation depends upon gifts.
• Small nations are like indecently dressed women. They tempt the evil-minded.
• There is no time to waste. We must either unite now or perish.
• Education is not a way to escape poverty, it is a way of fighting it.

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