You can't go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you've got to keep it over your shoulder.- Joe Slovo
When a man has been consistently battering his wife, he shouldn't expect a bouquet of roses from her the morning after he promises to stop.
We need to respond to the mood of the people - that we must take the lives of the other side as well.
We believe the currently one cannot speak of a revolutionary situation, just as there is no concrete possibilities of an immediate and comprehensive assumption of power by the people.
We are of the opinion that an important and irreversible process is taking place among the white population. Just as with the blacks, the whites, too, are currently overcoming a psychological barrier.
Therefore, our fight must primarily be a political mass struggle with revolutionary goals.
There are only two sorts of people in life you can trust - good Christians and good Communists.
The whole of that part of Southern Africa which is controlled by racial minorities is experiencing either consistent and regular guerilla activity or is faced with advanced preparation for its commencement.
The ANC, we believe, stands at the head of the whole liberation front, the whole Mass Democratic Movement.
Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology.
Some may seek revenge, but this is not our policy.
Socialism is undoubtedly in the throes of a crisis greater than at any time since 1917. The last half of 1989 saw the dramatic collapse of most of the communist party governments of Eastern Europe.
Reality shows that, contrary to other countries in southern Africa, we have no basis for a classical guerilla struggle. We have never had a hinterland, and we do not expect to.
One thing is obvious: Our policy, which is directed at making the country ungovernable, has started to bear fruit. The process that has been initiated is irreversible.
One of the regime's most important tactics is the creation of a third force in the country.
