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The courage to work, the courage to achieve – to achieve the highest excellencies and the fullest greatness of man. Dare we ask for more in life?

Kwame Nkrumah

The community of economic life is the major feature within a nation, and it is the economy which holds together the people living in a territory. It is on this basis that the new Africans recognise themselves as potentially one nation, whose dominion is the entire African continent.
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Community Country Dominion Economy Entire Hold Nation People Potentially Recognize Territory Together
I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.
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Born Country Create Happen
the innate respect for human lives, the intense humanity that is our heritage, the African race, united under one federal government, will emerge not as just another world bloc to flaunt its wealth and strength.
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Another World Block Emerge Heritage Federal Government Humanity Innate Intense Respect
The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
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Cry Masses People Unity
It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity.
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Clear Country Found Must Problem Unity World
Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
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Action Blind Empty Thought
Long before many of us were even conscious of our own degradation, these men [Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. DuBois] fought for African national and racial equality.
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Before Conscious Country Degradation Fought Long Many
In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.
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Direct Economic Outside Policy Political Reality System
We all want a United Africa, United not only in our concept of what unity connotes, but united in our common desire to move forward together in dealing with all the problems that can best be solved only on a continental basis.
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Concept Country Desire Moving Unity Want
We face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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East Faces Forward Neither West
The oppressed and exploited people are striving for their freedom against exploitation and suppression.
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Against Exploitation Exploited Freedom Oppression Striving Suppression
But I think that of all the literature that I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey published by his wife.
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Book Fire Literature Studied More Other Enthusuaim Philosophy Think
All people of African descent, whether they live in North or South America, the Caribbean, or in any part of the world are Africans and belong to the African nation.
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Believe Caribbean Country North Part People Person World
It is an objective which when achieved, will bring about the fulfillment of the aspirations of Africans and people of African descent everywhere. It will at the same time advance the triumph of the international socialist revolution.
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Advance Aspiration Bring Descent Fulfilment International Objective People Revolution Socialist
The total liberation and unification of Africa under an All-African Socialist Government must be the primary objective of all Black revolutionaries throughout the world.
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Black Country Government Liberation Objective People Primary Revolution Socialist Total Unification
The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the African Continent
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Country Ghana Independence Liberation Meaningless

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