Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation.
KWAME NKRUMAHThe forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Africa is one continent, one people and one nation
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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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We all want a United Africa, United not only in our concept of what unity connotes, but united in our common desire to move forward together in dealing with all the problems that can best be solved only on a continental basis.
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The oppressed and exploited people are striving for their freedom against exploitation and suppression.
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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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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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Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in the world.
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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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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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Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
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Capitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
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Long after i am dead and gone, the light will continue to burn and be borne aloft, giving light and guidance to all people
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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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There is a close connection between socio-political development.
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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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Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery .
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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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