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.
KWAME NKRUMAHCapitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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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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It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else . . .
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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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For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent.
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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 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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The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.
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Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation.
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I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity.
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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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The struggle between social classes and the history of ideologies. In general, intellectual movements closely reflect the trends of economic developments.
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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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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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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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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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