A nation which refuses to learn from foreign culture is nothing but a nation of idiots and lunatics… But to learn from other cultures does not mean we should abandon our own.
—Julius Nyerere
No nation has the right to make decisions for another nation; no people for another people.
—Julius Nyerere
The education provided must therefore encourage the development in each citizen of three things; an inquiring mind; and ability to learn from what others do, and reject or adapt it to his own needs; and a basic confidence in his own position as a free and equal member of the society, who values others and is valued by them for what he does and not for what he obtains.
—Julius Nyerere
When we were at school we were taught to sing the songs of the Europeans. How many of us were taught the songs of the Wanyamwezi or of the Wahehe? Many of us have learnt to dance the rumba, or the cha cha, to rock and roll and to twist and even to dance the waltz and foxtrot. But how many of us can dance, or have even heard of the gombe sugu, the mangala, nyang umumi, kiduo, or lele mama?
—Julius Nyerere
Topics: Dance, Dancing
Small nations are like indecently dressed women. They tempt the evil-minded.
—Julius Nyerere
Topics: Nation
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.
—Julius Nyerere
Topics: Aspirations
Violence is unnecessary and costly. Peace is the only way.
—Julius Nyerere
Topics: Peace, Violence
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