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.
KWAME NKRUMAHThe 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.
More Kwame Nkrumah Quotes
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At long last, the battle has ended! And thus, Ghana, your beloved country is free forever!
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In communal society, where there are virtually no class divisions, man’s productive activities on outlook and culture is less discernible. Account must be taken of the psychology of conflicting classes.
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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 independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the African Continent
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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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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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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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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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We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!
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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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There is a close connection between socio-political development.
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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
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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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The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.
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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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