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Nujoma’s Notable Quotes

  1. • Our efforts to promote continental integration must place the education of our people at the top of our priorities, as key elements in addressing development challenges. I believe strongly that our common goals and objectives are achievable, because a people united, striving to achieve a common good for all members of society, will always emerge victorious. – 22/09/2004
  2. • We must make [the ceasefire] work. We cannot have stability and development and guarantee the future of our people without peace.
  3. • What our people want is to be involved in the decision-making process and to actively participate in decisions, which will ultimately affect them … They then will take ownership of these decisions and ensure they are successfully implemented.
  4. If Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi continue with their aggression and occupation of Congo, we demand that economic sanctions be imposed on the aggressors so that peace can be restored in this country.
  5. • To the Namibian people, I would like to state, on this solemn occasion, that our nation blazed the trail to freedom. It has risen to its feet. As from today, we are masters of this vast land of our ancestors.
  6. The destiny of this country is now fully in our own hands. We should, therefore, look forward to the future with confidence and hope.
  7. • For the Namibian people, the realisation of our most cherished goal, namely the independence of our country and the freedom of our people, is fitting tribute to the heroism and tenacity with which our people fought for this long-awaited day.
  8. We have been sustained in our difficult struggle by the powerful force of conviction in the righteousness and justness of our cause. Today history has absolved us, our vision of a democratic state of Namibia has been translated into a reality.
  9. • We must fight against illicit drugs for the sake of the future of our children, who are the leaders of tomorrow in our country. – 07/01/2008
  10. • Our aim is to empower those with disabilities, enabling them to lead lives of dignity and self-fulfilment and not merely to turn them into recipients of charity and pity, since we maintain and believe that disability is not inability.
  11. • We can do better and now is the time. – 22/09/2004
  12. • Therefore, we should never, never again, allow ourselves to be divided along tribal lines, regionalism and ethnicity. – 07/01/2008
  13. • The youth are the future of our country. We should therefore continue to educate them and equip them with relevant technical skills, knowledge, cultural norms and values so they can play an active role in the socio-economic development of our country. – 07/01/2008
  14. • The destiny of this country is now fully in our own hands. We should therefore look forward to the future with confidence and hope. – 21/03/1990
  15. • Our achievement of independence imposes upon us a heavy responsibility, not only to defend our hard-won liberty, but also to set ourselves higher standards of equality, justice and opportunity for all, without regard to race, creed or colour. – 21/03/1990
  16. • I am stepping down as the president of the Swapo Party with a full sense of fulfilment. I am proud to have worked with the entire leadership of Swapo.
  17. Collectively, we have steered Swapo through immense challenges, some of which may have seemed insurmountable.
  18. There were internal contradictions, most often driven by tribalistic, power-hungry, unpatriotic and selfish individuals.
  19. In all these challenges, Swapo preserved, survived and emerged even stronger.”
  • Some of the above quotes were produced on an unknown date.

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