Abject Poverty Is Demeaning, Is An Assault

There Are Many People Who Have Worked Just Because They Love The Community In Which They Are In, Without Expecting Any Financial Consideration.

I Watched, Along With All Of You, As The Tens Of Thousands Of Our People Stood Patiently In Long Queues For Many Hours. Some Sleeping On The Open Ground Overnight Waiting To Cast This Momentous Vote.

I Hate Race Discrimination Most Intensely And In All Its Manifestations. I Have Fought It All During My Life; I Fight It Now, And Will Do So Until The End Of My Days.

The Private Sector Granted Bursaries [scholarships] For The Children Of Their Workers. Some Of Them Built Homes For Their Workers. They Had In-service Training, Which Improved The Skills Of Their Workers. So That Spirit Was There. All We Did Was Merely Exploit It.

I Should Tie Myself To No Particular System Of Society Other Than Of Socialism.