We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
KWAME NKRUMAHSocialism 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.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
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Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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We face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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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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In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.
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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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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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It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else . . .
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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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Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery .
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Capitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
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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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The traditional face of Africa includes an attitude towards man which can only be described as being socialist
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A challenge which calls for the courage to dream, the courage to believe, the courage to dare, the courage to do, the courage to envision, the courage to fight.
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The oppressed and exploited people are striving for their freedom against exploitation and suppression.
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