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.
KWAME NKRUMAHCapitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
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The oppressed and exploited people are striving for their freedom against exploitation and suppression.
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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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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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Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
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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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the innate respect for human lives, the intense humanity that is our heritage, the African race, united under one federal government, will emerge not as just another world bloc to flaunt its wealth and strength.
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Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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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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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 independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of 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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We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!
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In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.
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There is a close connection between socio-political development.
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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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I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity.
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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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Capitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
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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 fortunes of the African revolution are closely linked with the world-wide struggle against imperialism. It does not matter where the battle erupts, be it in Africa, Asia or Latin America, the master-mind and master-hand at work are the same.
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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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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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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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The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
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We face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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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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