Obviously that was his purpose, yes.

In line with Zimbabwe’s tradition of holding open and democratic elections, my government will be inviting among others … a joint ACP and European delegation, excluding the UK but led by the ACP,

The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans.

Operation Drive Out the Rubbish.

Today we tell all those calling for such ill-conceived talks to please stop their misdirected efforts,

[The international lending organization is] willed by the big powers which dictate what it should do, … We have never been friends of the IMF and in the future we will never be friends of...

We don’t mind having sanctions banning us from Europe. We are not Europeans.

Some people are contriving ways and means of making us collapse,

We are winning the elections, … I hear that people are voting in their masses. Whites are also voting in masses. I don’t know how they are voting, but I hope it’s positive.

If they (the MDC) are sincere, let them call an end to the odious sanctions they have invited. They invited the West to impose sanctions. They should now invite them to drop sanctions against us...

The current chaotic state of affairs where (small businesses) operated outside the regulatory framework and in undesignated and crime-ridden areas could not be countenanced for much longer,

True, some land was bought by a few Cabinet Ministers. They bought the land. No minister, to my knowledge acquired land which was meant for resettlement.

[The amendments mark] the liberation of our land, … It’s now final, and no one can question it.

Mr. Dell, go to hell,

We are a democratic country and my party enjoys overwhelming support. The two gentlemen who purported to have withdrawn actually found it very tough to compete with us. We will win this election,

Our present state of mind is that you (the white farmers) are now our enemies because you really have behaved as enemies of Zimbabwe.

You describe it as if we have a whole cemetery, … continuous years of drought.

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,

Let (British Prime Minister Tony) Blair hear it. We are not for the British bidder either,

The voice of Mr. Bush and the voice of Mr. Blair can’t decide who shall rule in Zimbabwe, who shall rule in Africa, who shall rule in Asia, who shall rule in Venezuela, who shall...

We are not hungry… Why foist this food upon us? We don’t want to be choked. We have enough.

Is it not obvious that Britain, under the regime of Tony Blair, has ceased to respect the Charter of the United Nations?

Our present state of mind is that you are now enemies, because you really behaved as enemies of Zimbabwe, that we are really full of anger and make our entire communities angry, and this is...

This, indeed, is where it (Habitat) rightly belongs and not anywhere in Zimbabwe.

so as to enable the secretary general to understand and appreciate what we are trying to do.

The only white man you can trust is a dead white man.

Let those long distance philanthropists who want to romanticize shacks … tell us why they don’t allow them in their own land,

If the choice were made, one for us to lose our sovereignty and become a member of the Commonwealth or remain with our sovereignty and lose the membership of the Commonwealth, I would say let...

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...

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.

We pride ourselves as being top, really, on the African ladder … We feel that we have actually been advancing rather than going backwards.

Victory and defeat are quick to reconcile, quick to connect and cohabit in the same national space for greater peace and togetherness,

These are war veterans who fought for their country, and the army also has war veterans in it,

We are not hungry. . . . Why foist this food upon us? We don’t want to be choked. We have enough.

There are some who say they no longer want elections, saying they now will change the government through mass protests…I warn them, they are playing with fire and they should stop.

Having restored land to the people… We have learnt a host of lessons, all pointing to the challenge of ensuring food security for the people.

If those men believe they need compensation, they should go to Britain,

I thank you for defying him. You have gone against the grain of some of Zimbabwe’s enemies.

It could never be a correct justification that, because the whites oppressed us yesterday when they had power, that the blacks must oppress them today because they have power

We would rather talk to the people who manipulate the puppets,

The eradication of extreme poverty and hunger remains a major challenge for Zimbabwe [and] total consumption poverty increased from 42 percent in 1995 to 63 percent in 2003,

Both sides have, therefore, something to rejoice about as, indeed, something to mourn about,

Certainly within this month we will have concluded the exercise,

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...

I look forward working with the new parliament as together we grapple with the pressing challenges of improving the livelihood of our people and developing our nation,

Our cities and towns . . . had become havens for illicit and criminal practices and activities that just could not be allowed to go on.

Having restored land to the people, … We have learnt a host of lessons, all pointing to the challenge of ensuring food security for the people.

I can’t spell Dell, but I can spell hell, and he might be there one of these days,

The prophets of doom are prophets of doom. Their prophecies are doomed,

lower than dogs and pigs.