Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
KWAME NKRUMAHGhana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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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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It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else
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The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
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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 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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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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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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Africa is one continent, one people and one nation
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At long last, the battle has ended! And thus, Ghana, your beloved country is free forever!
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Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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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 struggle between social classes and the history of ideologies. In general, intellectual movements closely reflect the trends of economic developments.
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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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Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
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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 independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the African Continent
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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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It is far easier for the proverbial camel to pass through the needle’s eye, hump and all, than for an erstwhile colonial administration to give sound and honest counsel of a political nature to its liberated territory.
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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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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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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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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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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 best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.
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I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity.
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