Top 12 Quotes by Kenneth Kaunda

The moment you have protected an individual, you have protected society.

The moment you have protected an individual, you have protected society.

Law, Moments, Individual

The power which establishes a state is violence; the power which maintains it is violence; the power which eventually overthrows it is violence.

Kenneth Kaunda

Violence, States

Kenneth David Kaunda, Colin Morris (1980). “Kaunda on Violence”, HarperCollins Publishers

This great son of the world, Madiba, showed us the way. Whether you are white, black yellow or brown you are all God's children, come together, work together and God will show you the way.

Kenneth Kaunda

Children, Son, Yellow

Some people draw a comforting distinction between force and violence. I refuse to cloud the issue by such word-play. The power which establishes a state is violence; the power which maintains it is violence; the power which eventually overthrows it is violence. Call an elephant a rabbit only if it gives you comfort to feel that you are about to be trampled to death by a rabbit.

Kenneth Kaunda

Power, Elephants, Issues

The inability of those in power to still the voices of their own consciences is the great force leading to change.

Kenneth Kaunda

Change, Voice, Growth

War is just like bush-clearing-the moment you stop, the jungle comes back even thicker, but for a little while you can plant and grow a crop in the ground you have won at such a terrible cost.

Kenneth Kaunda

War, Cost, Littles

Kenneth David Kaunda, Colin Morris (1980). “Kaunda on Violence”, HarperCollins Publishers

Westerners have aggressive problem-solving minds; Africans experience people.

Kenneth Kaunda

People, Mind, Problem

People see him as a hero. Not just in Zimbabwe or here in Zambia but across the whole of southern Africa. It's no good demonising Robert Mugabe.

Kenneth Kaunda

Hero, Zambia, Zimbabwe

"Mugabe's Hold on Africans". Interview with Peter Biles, news.bbc.co.uk. August 25, 2007.

Passive resistance is a sport for gentleman (and ladies)-just like the pursuit of war, a heroic enterprise for the ruling classes but a grievous burden on the rest.

Kenneth Kaunda

Sports, War, Class