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.
KWAME NKRUMAHThe 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?
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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But as a Great Power whose greatness is indestructible because it is built not on fear, envy and suspicion, nor won at the expense of others, but founded on hope, trust, friendship and directed to the good of all mankind.
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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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Investment under neo-colonialism increases rather than decreases the gap between the rich and poor countries of the world.
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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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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
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I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity.
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There is a close connection between socio-political development.
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We face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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The notion that in order to have a nation it is necessary for there to be a common language, a common territory and common culture has failed to stand the test of time or the scrutiny of scientific definition of objective reality…
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Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in the world.
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The essence of neo-colonialism is that the State which is subject to it is, in theory, independent and has all the outward trappings of international sovereignty.
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We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!
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It is only the ending of capitalism, colonialism, imperialism and neocolonialism and the attainment of world communism that can provide the conditions under which the RACE question can finally be abolished and eliminated.
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It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else . . .
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