As far as i am concerned, i am in the knowledge that death can never extinguish the torch which i have lit in Ghana and Africa.
KWAME NKRUMAHLong after i am dead and gone, the light will continue to burn and be borne aloft, giving light and guidance to all people
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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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 one continent, one people and one nation
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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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The oppressed and exploited people are striving for their freedom against exploitation and suppression.
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Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation.
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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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It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else
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A 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.
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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 best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.
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For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent.
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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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The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.
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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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Capitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
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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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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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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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It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else . . .
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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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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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I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity.
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Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
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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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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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