It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else
KWAME NKRUMAHAfrica is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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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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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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Africa is one continent, one people and one nation
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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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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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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 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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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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At long last, the battle has ended! And thus, Ghana, your beloved country is free forever!
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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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Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism .
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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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Capitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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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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In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.
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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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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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It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else . . .
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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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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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The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.
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Countrymen, the task ahead is great indeed, and heavy is the responsibility; and yet it is a noble and glorious challenge.
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I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity.
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