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The courage to work, the courage to achieve – to achieve the highest excellencies and the fullest greatness of man. Dare we ask for more in life?

Kwame Nkrumah

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.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Challenge Courage Dare Envision Fight Trust
The fortunes of the African revolution are closely linked with the world-wide struggle against imperialism. It does not matter where the battle erupts, be it in Africa, Asia or Latin America, the master-mind and master-hand at work are the same.
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Against Fortune Hand Imperialism Latin Struggle World
We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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Danger Government Quiet Self Servitude Tranquility
The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Independence Independent Learn Sovereign State Way
Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
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Act Action Brought Men Revolution Think Thinking Thought
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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Community Country Dominion Economy Entire Hold Nation People Potentially Recognize Territory Together
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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Colonialism Destiny Grip Master Own Serious State Threat World
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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Colonialism Countries Country Develop Development Exploitation Less World
Investment under neo-colonialism increases rather than decreases the gap between the rich and poor countries of the world.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Between Colonialism Country Decreases Gap Increase Investment Poor Rich World
It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else . . .
KWAME NKRUMAH

Anybody Beter Else Free Govern Misgoverm Yourself
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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Easier Eye Giving Hump Need Pass Political Proverbial Territory
I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.
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Born Country Create Happen
In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.
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Direct Economic Outside Policy Political Reality System
We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!
KWAME NKRUMAH

Anymore Awakened Sleep Today World
The traditional face of Africa includes an attitude towards man which can only be described as being socialist
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Attitude Being Describe Face Man Socialist Towards Traditional
The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Cry Masses People Unity

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