Joe Slovo Quotes & Sayings

“There are only two sorts of people in life you can trust - good Christians and good Communists.”

“Some may seek revenge, but this is not our policy.”

“No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism.”

“Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology.”

“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.”

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

“However, the combination of civil resistance, of large-scale mass activities and strikes, with a certain degree of revolutionary violence, could provoke a crisis in the enemy's camp that would ultimately lead to essential changes.”

“It's not difficult in South Africa for the ordinary person to see the link between capitalism and racist exploitation, and when one sees the link one immediately thinks in terms of a socialist alternative.”

“We need to respond to the mood of the people - that we must take the lives of the other side as well.”

“Therefore, our fight must primarily be a political mass struggle with revolutionary goals.”