Quotes by Robert Mugabe

“The only white man you can trust is a dead white man.”

“Our party must continue to strike fear in the heart of the white man, our real enemy!”

“It could never be a correct justification that, because the whites oppressed us yesterday when they had power, that the blacks must oppress them today because they have power”

“Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe; I want ours to be a nation of gentlemen”

“If the choice were made, one for us to lose our sovereignty and become a member of the Commonwealth or remain with our sovereignty and lose the membership of the Commonwealth, I would say let the Commonwealth go.”

“Having restored land to the people, ... We have learnt a host of lessons, all pointing to the challenge of ensuring food security for the people.”

“Countries such as the U.S. and Britain have taken it upon themselves to decide for us in the developing world, even to interfere in our domestic affairs and to bring about what they call regime change,”

“Let (British Prime Minister Tony) Blair hear it. We are not for the British bidder either,”

“We dont mind having sanctions banning us from Europe. We are not Europeans.”

“We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating,”

“Victory and defeat are quick to reconcile, quick to connect and cohabit in the same national space for greater peace and togetherness,”

“We will proceed with current land reform with or without sanctions, ... Let that position be known here and abroad and let the commercial farmers tell that to their constituency or constituencies overseas.”

“We have said we will never collapse, never ever. We may have our droughts, our poverty, but as a people we shall never collapse, never ever.”

“The land is ours. Its not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people, ... Those of white extraction who happen to be in the country and are farming are welcome to do so, but they must do so on the basis of equality.”

“The voice of Mr. Bush and the voice of Mr. Blair cant decide who shall rule in Zimbabwe, who shall rule in Africa, who shall rule in Asia, who shall rule in Venezuela, who shall rule in Iran, who shall rule in Iraq,”

“Was it not enough punishment and suffering in history that we were uprooted and made helpless slaves not only in new colonial outposts but also domestically,”

“Let those long distance philanthropists who want to romanticize shacks ... tell us why they dont allow them in their own land,”

“The exercise created some difficulties for individuals and families accommodated in informal settlements, ... We could not have allowed that settlement to go on any longer together with the illegal activities which thrive on such environments.”

“Where are their democratic tenets? Where is their morality? Where is their compliance with the salient principles of good governance?”

“I thank you for defying him. You have gone against the grain of some of Zimbabwes enemies.”