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.
KWAME NKRUMAHFreedom 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.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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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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It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else
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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
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Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery .
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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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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 forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.
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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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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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The white man arrogated to himself the right to rule and to be obeyed by the non-white; his mission, he claimed, was to “civilize” Africa. Under this cloak, the Europeans robbed the continent of vast riches and inflicted unimaginable suffering on the African people.
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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 best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.
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The oppressed and exploited people are striving for their freedom against exploitation and suppression.
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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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Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
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Her earth is rich, yet the products that come from above and below the soil continue to enrich, not Africans predominantly, but groups and individuals who operate to Africa’s impoverishment.
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There is a close connection between socio-political development.
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At long last, the battle has ended! And thus, Ghana, your beloved country is free forever!
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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 face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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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 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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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 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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Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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