Capitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
KWAME NKRUMAHCapitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
KWAME NKRUMAHThe 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.
KWAME NKRUMAHHer earth is rich, yet the products that come from above and below the soil continue to enrich, not Africans predominantly, but groups and individuals who operate to Africa’s impoverishment.
KWAME NKRUMAHA challenge which calls for the courage to dream, the courage to believe, the courage to dare, the courage to do, the courage to envision, the courage to fight.
KWAME NKRUMAHThe masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
KWAME NKRUMAHIt is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else
KWAME NKRUMAHThe 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?
KWAME NKRUMAHThe 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 NKRUMAHAll 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.
KWAME NKRUMAHThere is a close connection between socio-political development.
KWAME NKRUMAHNo people without a government of their own can expect to be treated on the same level as people of independent sovereign states.
KWAME NKRUMAHThe total liberation and unification of Africa under an All-African Socialist Government must be the primary objective of all Black revolutionaries throughout the world.
KWAME NKRUMAHFor centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent.
KWAME NKRUMAHInvestment under neo-colonialism increases rather than decreases the gap between the rich and poor countries of the world.
KWAME NKRUMAHThe struggle between social classes and the history of ideologies. In general, intellectual movements closely reflect the trends of economic developments.
KWAME NKRUMAHBut 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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