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 NKRUMAHIt 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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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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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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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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I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.
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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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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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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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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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It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else . . .
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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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Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery .
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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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The traditional face of Africa includes an attitude towards man which can only be described as being socialist
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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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