39+ Robert Mugabe Quotes On Politics, Education And South Africa

Robert Mugabe was a Zimbabwean statesman who served as the country's Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987 and then as its President from 1987 to 2017. He was a revolutionary socialist and nationalist who was a major figure in the fight for Zimbabwe's independence from British colonial rule. Mugabe was a controversial figure, praised for his anti-imperialist rhetoric and commitment to social justice, but also criticized for his authoritarianism and economic mismanagement. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Robert Mugabe on politics, education, south africa.

Top 10 Robert Mugabe Quotes

1. The armed struggle is not ending just now. We are upholding a ceasefire. We have our arms with us.
2. Sometimes you look back at girls you spent money on rather than send it to your mum and you realise witchcraft is real
3. We will defend our victory through armed struggle. We will have to do that.
4. I would spend my time telling stories or writing them.
5. South Africa needs a second liberation.
6. We expected anyway that the democratic forces which have agreed with us in Zimbabwe would have rallied behind us. But it was a difficult struggle.
7. Dont fight even over girlfriends. The country is full of beautiful women. If you cant get one, come to Mugabe for assistance.
8. Africa must revert to what it was before the imperialists divided it. These are artificial divisions which we, in our pan-African concept will seek to remove.
9. There are things one must do for oneself.
10. There are many refugees, if not more refugees inside the country than outside the country. There is also the question of working to aid us at the present moment when we are campaigning for elections.

Robert Mugabe Short Quotes

• We will have no mercy for white people regarding the land, they cannot own our soil.
• Our party must continue to strike fear in the heart of the white man, our real enemy!
• Only God who appointed me will remove me.
• It's not possible that women can be at par with men.

Robert Mugabe Quotes About South Africa

Certainly we must combine forces . South African troops are within the country.We raised this matter with Mrs [Margaret] Thatcher and Lord [Peter] Carrington when we met them and we wanted to get from them a definite commitment that they were going to get the South African troops out. — Robert Mugabe

South Africans will kick down a statue of a dead white man but won’t even attempt to slap a live one. Yet they can stone to death a black man simply because he’s a foreigner — Robert Mugabe

Our economy is a hundred times better, than the average African economy. Outside South Africa, what country is [as good as] Zimbabwe?.. What is lacking now are goods on the shelves - that is all. — Robert Mugabe

Robert Mugabe Famous Quotes And Sayings

I think that the movement is weak in Zimbabwe, much weaker than it is in Italy for example, much weaker than it is in Spain, much weaker than it is even in Germany, although there the groups are small they are very vociferous and you get them speaking loudly and organising. — Robert Mugabe

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. — Robert Mugabe

The Commonwealth is a mere club, but it has become like Animal Farm, where some members are more equal than others. How can Blair claim to regulate and direct events and still say all of us are equals? — Robert Mugabe

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. — Robert Mugabe

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. — Robert Mugabe

Our view is that we would want to see the situation in Ireland resolved, but we do not intervene in that situation for tactical reasons. Our view is commonly known that imperialism wherever it is must be fought and that justice must be done in Ireland. — Robert Mugabe

If anybody attacks us we will readjust and mobilise ourselves for action immediately. That will be the end of the ceasefire if it happens during the ceasefire period. If it happens after we have won the elections, naturally we will put up a resistance. — Robert Mugabe

Is it not obvious that Britain, under the regime of Tony Blair, has ceased to respect the Charter of the United Nations? — Robert Mugabe

The voice of Mr Bush and the voice of Mr Blair can't 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. — Robert Mugabe

The struggle hasn't ended. It's only just begun in our view. In the sense that if all goes well during the elections and we emerge as the government there will still be another form of struggle. But there's going to be lots of work in reconstruction, resettling people. In the initial period we will expect all the support groups we have here in Britain and elsewhere to concentrate their efforts in enabling us to resettle our people. — Robert Mugabe

If President Barack Obama wants me to allow marriage for same-sex couples in my country (Zimbabwe), he must come here so that I marry him first. — Robert Mugabe

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. — Robert Mugabe

If you take men and lock them in a house for five years and tell them to come up with two children and they fail to do that, then we will chop off their heads. — Robert Mugabe

We have fought for our land, we have fought for our sovereignty, small as we are we have won our independence and we are prepared to shed our blood... So, Blair keep your England, and let me keep my Zimbabwe. — Robert Mugabe

I am still the Hitler of the time. This Hitler has only one objective, justice for his own people, sovereignty for his people, recognition of the independence of his people, and their rights to their resources. If that is Hitler, then let me be a Hitler tenfold. Ten times, that is what we stand for. — Robert Mugabe

The Patriotic Front is two organisations under a banner, and we cannot create one party overnight. It takes time. Even if we wanted it, this is not the time to do it; it would raise more contradictions in the Patriotic Front. — Robert Mugabe

Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen. I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe; I want ours to be a nation of gentlemen. — Robert Mugabe

I am an educationist. I'm an economist. I am a politician. I am also now a good storyteller, you know? — Robert Mugabe

The anti-imperialist, forces in the country [Zimbabwe] here, I think are not that strong. The capitalist forces, the reactionary forces are far more formidable, far better organised. But we would have wanted to hear the voice of the anti-imperialist forces, those who espouse the cause of freedom, the cause of independence, everywhere. — Robert Mugabe

What is the problem? We now have aeroplanes which can take them back quicker than the ships used by their ancestors. — Robert Mugabe

Even some of our friends, not only here, but in the international community, in Africa as well, were beginning to show weakness and their weakness, did not lend support to us and we found ourselves weak negotiators at various stages. — Robert Mugabe

Mr Bush, Mr. Blair and now Mr Brown's sense of human rights precludes our people's right to their God-given resources, which in their view must be controlled by their kith and kin. I am termed dictator because I have rejected this supremacist view and frustrated the neo-colonialists. — Robert Mugabe

Life Lessons by Robert Mugabe

1. Robert Mugabe taught the importance of standing up for one's beliefs and defending the rights of the oppressed.
2. He also showed the power of education and the importance of using it to create a better future for all.
3. His legacy serves as a reminder that leaders must be held accountable for their actions and that no one should be above the law.