We face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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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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 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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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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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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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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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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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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For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent.
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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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It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else
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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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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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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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Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in the world.
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