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 NKRUMAHThe 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.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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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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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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The traditional face of Africa includes an attitude towards man which can only be described as being socialist
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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 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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Africa is one continent, one people and one nation
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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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Investment under neo-colonialism increases rather than decreases the gap between the rich and poor countries of the world.
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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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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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It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else
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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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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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