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.
KWAME NKRUMAHThe oppressed and exploited people are striving for their freedom against exploitation and suppression.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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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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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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We face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.
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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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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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Socialism is not spontaneous. It does not arise of itself. It has abiding principles according to which the major means of production and distribution ought to be socialised if exploitation of the many by the few is to be prevented; if, that is to say, egalitarianism in the economy is to be protected.
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Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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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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A State in the grip of neo-colonialism is not master of its own destiny. It is this factor which makes neo-colonialism such a serious threat to world peace.
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The traditional face of Africa includes an attitude towards man which can only be described as being socialist
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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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For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent.
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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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