Joe Slovo Quotes

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

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.

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.