Joe Slovo Quotes

You can’t go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you’ve got to keep it over your shoulder.

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 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.

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.