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.
KWAME NKRUMAHThe best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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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 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 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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There is a close connection between socio-political development.
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Africa is one continent, one people and one nation
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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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The result of neo-colonialism is that foreign capital is used for the exploitation rather than for the development of the less developed parts of the world.
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The white man arrogated to himself the right to rule and to be obeyed by the non-white; his mission, he claimed, was to “civilize” Africa. Under this cloak, the Europeans robbed the continent of vast riches and inflicted unimaginable suffering on the African people.
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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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Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery .
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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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I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.
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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
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I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity.
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