We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
KWAME NKRUMAHCapitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery .
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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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Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.
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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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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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Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery .
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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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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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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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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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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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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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I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.
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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 best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.
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There is a close connection between socio-political development.
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