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 NKRUMAHLong 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.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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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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The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.
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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 face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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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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I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity.
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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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Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery .
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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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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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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 prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
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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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