Those who would judge us merely by the heights we have achieved would do well to remember the depths from which we started.
KWAME NKRUMAHHer 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.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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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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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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In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.
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Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
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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 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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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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There is a close connection between socio-political development.
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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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For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent.
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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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We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!
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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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The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the 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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