No people without a government of their own can expect to be treated on the same level as people of independent sovereign states.
KWAME NKRUMAHThe masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
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Socialism 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.
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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.
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Capitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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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 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…
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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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Those who would judge us merely by the heights we have achieved would do well to remember the depths from which we started.
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Africa is one continent, one people and one nation
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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 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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I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.
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Long after i am dead and gone, the light will continue to burn and be borne aloft, giving light and guidance to all people
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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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Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in the world.
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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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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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At long last, the battle has ended! And thus, Ghana, your beloved country is free forever!
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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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Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
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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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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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Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery .
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I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity.
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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.
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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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