The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.
KWAME NKRUMAHThe forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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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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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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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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At long last, the battle has ended! And thus, Ghana, your beloved country is free forever!
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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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We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!
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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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Socialism is not spontaneous. It does not arise of itself. It has abiding principles according to which the major means of production and distribution ought to be socialised if exploitation of the many by the few is to be prevented; if, that is to say, egalitarianism in the economy is to be protected.
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Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity.
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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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Her 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.
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For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent.
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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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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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