Those who would judge us merely by the heights we have achieved would do well to remember the depths from which we started.
KWAME NKRUMAHHer 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.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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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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We face neither East nor West: we face forward.
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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.
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Capitalism is but the gentlemen’s method of slavery.
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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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All people of African descent, whether they live in North or South America, the Caribbean, or in any part of the world are Africans and belong to the African nation.
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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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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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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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We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!
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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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It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity.
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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 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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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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