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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.

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
I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Believe Deep Dignity Greatness Race Root Sincerely Strongly Wisdom
In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Direct Economic Outside Policy Political Reality System
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 NKRUMAH

Arrogate Claim Continent Country Himself Infected Non Obeyed Rule Suffer White
Capitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Capitalism Gentlemen Method Slavery
But as a Great Power whose greatness is indestructible because it is built not on fear, envy and suspicion, nor won at the expense of others, but founded on hope, trust, friendship and directed to the good of all mankind.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Directed Expense Friendship Good Greatesness Hope Mankind Power Suspension Trust
It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Clear Country Found Must Problem Unity World
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
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.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Black Country Government Liberation Objective People Primary Revolution Socialist Total Unification
Those who would judge us merely by the heights we have achieved would do well to remember the depths from which we started.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Depth Height Judging Remember Started Success
The traditional face of Africa includes an attitude towards man which can only be described as being socialist
KWAME NKRUMAH

Attitude Being Describe Face Man Socialist Towards Traditional
The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Apart Force Greater Influence Keep Superimpose Unite
I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Born Country Create Happen
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.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Another Best Claim Freedom Gift Now People Something
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

Achieve Courage Dare Excellence Fullest Greatness Life More
The notion that in order to have a nation it is necessary for there to be a common language, a common territory and common culture has failed to stand the test of time or the scrutiny of scientific definition of objective reality…
KWAME NKRUMAH

Common Culture Definition Language Nation Necessary Objective Reality Scientific Scrunnity Territory Time
Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery .
KWAME NKRUMAH

Capitalism Development Feudalism Gentleman Retirement Slavery
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.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Easier Eye Giving Hump Need Pass Political Proverbial Territory
It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else
KWAME NKRUMAH

Anybody Better Else Far Govern Misgovern Yourself
We all want a United Africa, United not only in our concept of what unity connotes, but united in our common desire to move forward together in dealing with all the problems that can best be solved only on a continental basis.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Concept Country Desire Moving Unity Want
Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Against Country Neutral Not Oppressed Struggle
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.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Community Country Dominion Economy Entire Hold Nation People Potentially Recognize Territory Together
Long before many of us were even conscious of our own degradation, these men [Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. DuBois] fought for African national and racial equality.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Before Conscious Country Degradation Fought Long Many
The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Cry Masses People Unity
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
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.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Account Class Community Conflicting Culture Division Less Psychology Society Virtually
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.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Colonialism Destiny Grip Master Own Serious State Threat World

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