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Tensions in the relations between the Congo and Belgium are being exacerbated only by the groups interested in exploiting the Congo’s wealth and who egg the authorities on to extend the colonial regime, as well as by some officials who are pursuing their private interests.

— Patrice Lumumba

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No one is perfect in this imperfect world.

We who suffered in our bodies and hearts from colonialist oppression, we say to you out loud: from now on, all that is over.

Without dignity there is no liberty, without justice there is no dignity, and without independence there are no free men.

Kamina, is the first enterprise we are going to nationalise in Congo.

We know, that some Congolese are well off, but they are in the minority; meanwhile we are concerned with the majority of the population.

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