Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories …
Learn from life, learn from our people, learn from books, learn from the experience of others. Never stop learning.
Always bear in mind that the people are not fighting for ideas, for the things in anyone’s head. They are fighting to win material benefits, to live better and in peace, to see their lives go forward, to guarantee the future of their children…
Nothing of this is incompatible with the joy of living, or with love for life and its amusements, or with confidence in the future and in our work.
Amilcar Cabral, Unity and Struggle