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 NKRUMAHThere is a close connection between socio-political development.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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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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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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Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
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We face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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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.
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It is only the ending of capitalism, colonialism, imperialism and neocolonialism and the attainment of world communism that can provide the conditions under which the RACE question can finally be abolished and eliminated.
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Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
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In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.
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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.
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All people of African descent, whether they live in North or South America, the Caribbean, or in any part of the world are Africans and belong to the African nation.
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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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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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Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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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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We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!
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