It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else
KWAME NKRUMAHthe 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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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 forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.
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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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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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We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!
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Capitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
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The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the African Continent
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There is a close connection between socio-political development.
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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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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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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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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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The struggle between social classes and the history of ideologies. In general, intellectual movements closely reflect the trends of economic developments.
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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.
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In communal society, where there are virtually no class divisions, man’s productive activities on outlook and culture is less discernible. Account must be taken of the psychology of conflicting classes.
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