It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else . . .
KWAME NKRUMAHThere is a close connection between socio-political development.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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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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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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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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Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
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We face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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The oppressed and exploited people are striving for their freedom against exploitation and suppression.
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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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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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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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We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!
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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 better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else
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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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Investment under neo-colonialism increases rather than decreases the gap between the rich and poor countries of the world.
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