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.
KWAME NKRUMAHIt is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else . . .
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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We face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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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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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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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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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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We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!
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Africa is one continent, one people and one nation
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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 struggle between social classes and the history of ideologies. In general, intellectual movements closely reflect the trends of economic developments.
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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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The total liberation and unification of Africa under an All-African Socialist Government must be the primary objective of all Black revolutionaries throughout the world.
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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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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.
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Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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