Countrymen, the task ahead is great indeed, and heavy is the responsibility; and yet it is a noble and glorious challenge.
KWAME NKRUMAHThe masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
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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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As far as i am concerned, i am in the knowledge that death can never extinguish the torch which i have lit in Ghana and Africa.
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The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.
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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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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?
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Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery .
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Capitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
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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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For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent.
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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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The oppressed and exploited people are striving for their freedom against exploitation and suppression.
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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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At long last, the battle has ended! And thus, Ghana, your beloved country is free forever!
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We face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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A State in the grip of neo-colonialism is not master of its own destiny. It is this factor which makes neo-colonialism such a serious threat to world peace.
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The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.
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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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No people without a government of their own can expect to be treated on the same level as people of independent sovereign states.
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The result of neo-colonialism is that foreign capital is used for the exploitation rather than for the development of the less developed parts of the world.
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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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There is a close connection between socio-political development.
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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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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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A challenge which calls for the courage to dream, the courage to believe, the courage to dare, the courage to do, the courage to envision, the courage to fight.
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The white man arrogated to himself the right to rule and to be obeyed by the non-white; his mission, he claimed, was to “civilize” Africa. Under this cloak, the Europeans robbed the continent of vast riches and inflicted unimaginable suffering on the African people.
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I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.
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