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It has been demonstrated that no system, not even the most inhuman, can continue to exist without an ideology.

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

Joe Slovo

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.

Joe Slovo

On the other hand, one factor helps us that no other liberation struggle in this region could count on - our liberation front is characterized by relatively highly developed class forces, tested in political struggles.

Joe Slovo

But as you say, the fundamental stumbling block is the question of the future of the economy. And it's not just the sort of economic laboratory question, of what kind of system would best generate growth, which is the way it's presented.

Joe Slovo

Reality shows that, contrary to other countries in southern Africa, we have no basis for a classical guerilla struggle. We have never had a hinterland, and we do not expect to.

Joe Slovo

I think it is tragic that a situation should arise where civilians on any side are killed. But it is almost a cliche to say that it is virtually unavoidable and this isn't unique to us alone.

Joe Slovo

One thing is obvious: Our policy, which is directed at making the country ungovernable, has started to bear fruit. The process that has been initiated is irreversible.

Joe Slovo

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

Joe Slovo

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

Joe Slovo

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

Joe Slovo

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.

Joe Slovo

The whole of that part of Southern Africa which is controlled by racial minorities is experiencing either consistent and regular guerilla activity or is faced with advanced preparation for its commencement.

Joe Slovo

Socialism is undoubtedly in the throes of a crisis greater than at any time since 1917. The last half of 1989 saw the dramatic collapse of most of the communist party governments of Eastern Europe.

Joe Slovo

It has been demonstrated that no system, not even the most inhuman, can continue to exist without an ideology.

Joe Slovo

Eventually, it is found out but it takes time especially in the conditions when communication is difficult, when the enemy is making it extremely awkward for information to come out, to go.

Joe Slovo

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

Joe Slovo

The ANC, we believe, stands at the head of the whole liberation front, the whole Mass Democratic Movement.

Joe Slovo

We believe the currently one cannot speak of a revolutionary situation, just as there is no concrete possibilities of an immediate and comprehensive assumption of power by the people.

Joe Slovo