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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.

Kwame Nkrumah

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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Community Country Dominion Economy Entire Hold Nation People Potentially Recognize Territory Together
No people without a government of their own can expect to be treated on the same level as people of independent sovereign states.
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Except Government Independent People Sovereign State Treatedm Same
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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Depth Height Judging Remember Started Success
The result of neo-colonialism is that foreign capital is used for the exploitation rather than for the development of the less developed parts of the world.
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Colonialism Countries Country Develop Development Exploitation Less World
The white man arrogated to himself the right to rule and to be obeyed by the non-white; his mission, he claimed, was to “civilize” Africa. Under this cloak, the Europeans robbed the continent of vast riches and inflicted unimaginable suffering on the African people.
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Arrogate Claim Continent Country Himself Infected Non Obeyed Rule Suffer White
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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Book Fire Literature Studied More Other Enthusuaim Philosophy Think
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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Colonialism Destiny Grip Master Own Serious State Threat World
The struggle between social classes and the history of ideologies. In general, intellectual movements closely reflect the trends of economic developments.
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Between Classes Development General Ideologies Intellectual Movement Social Struggle Trend
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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Easier Eye Giving Hump Need Pass Political Proverbial Territory
It is an objective which when achieved, will bring about the fulfillment of the aspirations of Africans and people of African descent everywhere. It will at the same time advance the triumph of the international socialist revolution.
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Advance Aspiration Bring Descent Fulfilment International Objective People Revolution Socialist
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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Black Country Government Liberation Objective People Primary Revolution Socialist Total Unification
Countrymen, the task ahead is great indeed, and heavy is the responsibility; and yet it is a noble and glorious challenge.
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Ahead Believe Challenge Countrymen Dream heavy Indeed Noble Responsibility Task Yet
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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Capitalism Colonialism End Imperialism Race World
Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery .
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Capitalism Development Feudalism Gentleman Retirement Slavery
It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else
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Anybody Better Else Far Govern Misgovern Yourself
Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation.
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Continent Country Nation One Order People Reality

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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