No people without a government of their own can expect to be treated on the same level as people of independent sovereign states.
KWAME NKRUMAHCapitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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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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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 struggle between social classes and the history of ideologies. In general, intellectual movements closely reflect the trends of economic developments.
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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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In communal society, where there are virtually no class divisions, man’s productive activities on outlook and culture is less discernible. Account must be taken of the psychology of conflicting classes.
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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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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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It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else . . .
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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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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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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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The oppressed and exploited people are striving for their freedom against exploitation and suppression.
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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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The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
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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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