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.
KWAME NKRUMAHCountrymen, the task ahead is great indeed, and heavy is the responsibility; and yet it is a noble and glorious challenge.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.
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We face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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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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Africa is one continent, one people and one nation
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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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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.
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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 courage to work, the courage to achieve – to achieve the highest excellencies and the fullest greatness of man. Dare we ask for more in life?
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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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Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
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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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The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.
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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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