Capitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
KWAME NKRUMAHGhana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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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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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 notion that in order to have a nation it is necessary for there to be a common language, a common territory and common culture has failed to stand the test of time or the scrutiny of scientific definition of objective reality…
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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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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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Investment under neo-colonialism increases rather than decreases the gap between the rich and poor countries of the world.
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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 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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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.
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Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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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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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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There is a close connection between socio-political development.
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The oppressed and exploited people are striving for their freedom against exploitation and suppression.
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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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At long last, the battle has ended! And thus, Ghana, your beloved country is free forever!
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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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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 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 better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else . . .
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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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Long before many of us were even conscious of our own degradation, these men [Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. DuBois] fought for African national and racial equality.
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The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
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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 independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the African Continent
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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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