Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.
KWAME NKRUMAHThe 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.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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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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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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Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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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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Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
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Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation.
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In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.
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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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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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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 independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the African Continent
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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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The fortunes of the African revolution are closely linked with the world-wide struggle against imperialism. It does not matter where the battle erupts, be it in Africa, Asia or Latin America, the master-mind and master-hand at work are the same.
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There is a close connection between socio-political development.
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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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