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.
KWAME NKRUMAHI am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
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Those who would judge us merely by the heights we have achieved would do well to remember the depths from which we started.
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Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation.
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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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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 independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the African Continent
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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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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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Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery .
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I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity.
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In communal society, where there are virtually no class divisions, man’s productive activities on outlook and culture is less discernible. Account must be taken of the psychology of conflicting classes.
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There is a close connection between socio-political development.
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The struggle between social classes and the history of ideologies. In general, intellectual movements closely reflect the trends of economic developments.
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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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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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Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in the world.
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Capitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
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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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Countrymen, the task ahead is great indeed, and heavy is the responsibility; and yet it is a noble and glorious challenge.
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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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Her earth is rich, yet the products that come from above and below the soil continue to enrich, not Africans predominantly, but groups and individuals who operate to Africa’s impoverishment.
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Socialism is not spontaneous. It does not arise of itself. It has abiding principles according to which the major means of production and distribution ought to be socialised if exploitation of the many by the few is to be prevented; if, that is to say, egalitarianism in the economy is to be protected.
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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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Investment under neo-colonialism increases rather than decreases the gap between the rich and poor countries of the world.
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For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent.
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