Julius Nyerere
Julius Nyerere
Julius Kambarage Nyererewas a Tanzanian statesman who served as the leader of Tanzania, and previously Tanganyika, from 1960 until his retirement in 1985...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 April 1922
CityButiama, Tanzania
Julius Nyerere quotes about
people decision nations
No nation has the right to make decisions for another nation; no people for another people.
people presidential decision
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.
determination decisions-we-make effectiveness
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.
peace violence
Violence is unnecessary and costly. Peace is the only way.
business people debt
Should we really let our people starve so we can pay our debts.
people poverty pennies
Take every penny you have set aside for aid for Tanzania and spend it in the UK, explaining to people the facts and causes of poverty.
freedom mean rhinos
Freedom to many means immediate betterment, as if by magic. Unless I can meet at least some of these aspirations, my support will wane and my head will roll just as surely as the tickbird follows the rhino.
thinking expression coins
The African is not 'Communistic' in his thinking; he is -- if I may coin an expression - 'communitary'.
men mad here-and-there
I have read and re-read the Arusha Declaration and found nothing wrong with it except perhaps replacing a few commas here and there... it was clear for some of us that it would only be a mad man who would stand up and defend the Arusha Declaration.
children home eggs
A house should not be built so close to another that a chicken from one can lay an egg in the neighbor's yard, nor so far away that a child cannot shout to the yard of his neighbor.
past democracy needs
We, in Africa, have no more need of being 'converted' to socialism than we have of being 'taught' democracy. Both are rooted in our past -- in the traditional society which produced us.
children world population
The greatest contraceptive one can have in the developing world is the knowledge that your children will live
patriotism dangerous africanism
African nationalism is meaningless, dangerous, anachronistic, if it is not, at the same time, pan-Africanism.
opportunity government self
We spoke and acted as if, given the opportunity for self-government, we would quickly create utopias. Instead injustice, even tyranny, is rampant.