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Kenneth Kaunda Quotes

1924–2021 Zambia

Kenneth David Kaunda (born April 28, 1924 – June 17, 2021), commonly known as KK, served as the first President of Zambia from 1964 to 1991.

Zambia
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Also known as: Zambia shall be Free

Random Kenneth Kaunda quote

10 quotes

Nothing can be achieved anywhere and in any field without good Organization.

Zambia Shall Be Free (1962)

African are people not cattle to be herded together and driven here and there.

Zambia Shall Be Free (1962)

If you drive an animal into a corner and torment it, you may expect that in it's fear and rage it will slash back at you.

Zambia Shall Be Free (1962)

When people understand a cause, become prepared to suffer for that cause and see glory and honour in such suffering, it is indeed just impossible to suppress them or the cause they stand for.

Zambia Shall Be Free (1962)

The inability of those in power to still the voices of their own consciences is a great force leading to change.

If the Government cannot without demoralizing so badly it's own people, then that government is no good and it must give way to people who can.

Zambia Shall Be Free (1962)

The Whiteman lords it over us in all walks of life not because he happens to be white but because he is better organized than we are, that is his secret.

Zambia Shall Be Free (1962)

People see him as a hero. Not just in Zimbabwe or here in Zambia but across the whole of southern Africa. It's no good demonising Robert Mugabe.

For a long time, I have led my people in the shouts of KWACHA (the dawn). We have been shouting it in the darkness, now there is the Grey light of dawn on the horizon and I know that Zambia Shall be Free!

Zambia Shall Be Free (1962)

Some of these Salisbury prisoners used to say plainly that they were better off where they were than outside. They would argue they could never hope to find work, they could be harassed by the Police for passes, tax receipts and many other things. A society that drives some of its citizens to think that way is rotten and needs burying.

Zambia Shall Be Free (1962)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kenneth Kaunda (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.