Robert Mugabe

“The land is ours. It's not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people.”

“I am the Hitler of the time. This Hitler has only one objective: justice for his people, sovereignty for his people, recognition of the independence of his people and their rights over their resources. If that is Hitler, then let me be a Hitler tenfold.”

“We ask, was he born out of homosexuality? We need continuity in our race, and that comes from the woman, and no to homosexuality.”

“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.”

“Britain is a very cold, uninhabitable country with small houses.”

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

“So, Blair keep your England, and let me keep my Zimbabwe.”

“The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans.”

“We of Africa protest that, in this day and age, we should continue to be treated as lesser human beings than other races.”

“Only God who appointed me will remove me.”

“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.”

“We are no longer puppets of anyone. We are no longer a colony.”

“Mandela has gone a bit too far in doing good to the non-black communities... That's being too saintly, too good.”

“Some are saying 'Mr Mugabe is old, so he should go'. No. When my time comes, I will tell you.”

“It may be that you are puppets of the West. You are not leaders of Africa.”

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

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

“I've died many times. That's where I have beaten Christ. Christ died once and resurrected once.”

“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.”

“We don't mind having sanctions banning us from Europe. We are not Europeans.”