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?
KWAME NKRUMAHBut 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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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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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 community of economic life is the major feature within a nation, and it is the economy which holds together the people living in a territory. It is on this basis that the new Africans recognise themselves as potentially one nation, whose dominion is the entire African continent.
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No people without a government of their own can expect to be treated on the same level as people of independent sovereign states.
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Long after i am dead and gone, the light will continue to burn and be borne aloft, giving light and guidance to all people
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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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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 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 masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
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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 traditional face of Africa includes an attitude towards man which can only be described as being socialist
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Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
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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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There is a close connection between socio-political development.
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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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