We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating.
From Robert Mugabe
The land is ours. It's not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people... Those of white extraction who happen to be in the country and are farming are welcome to do so, but they must do so on the basis of equality.
We are not hungry... Why foist this food upon us? We don't want to be choked. We have enough.
We don't mind having sanctions banning us from Europe. We are not Europeans.
The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans.
It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones.
I wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement.
Was it not enough punishment and suffering in history that we were uprooted and made helpless slaves not only in new colonial outposts but also domestically.
We have said the first step was to designate the land, inform the owners. And the second would be to get the responses from the owners. And this will be openly done.
I have been given a list of 35 white farmers in Mashonaland West alone. We say no to whites owning our land, and they should go... They can own companies and apartments... but not the soil. It is ours, and that message should ring loud and clear in Britain and the United States.
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