Kwame Nkrumah Quotes

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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.

Kwame Nkrumah
Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.

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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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Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. They claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.

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A State in the grip of neo-colonialism is not master of its own destiny. It is this factor which makes neo-colonialism such a serious threat to world peace.

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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. It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else...

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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. Investment under neo-colonialism increases rather than decreases the gap between the rich and poor countries of the world.

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From our knowledge of the history of man, from our knowledge of colonial liberation movements, Freedom or Self-government has never been handed over to any colonial country on a silver platter.

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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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We face neither east nor west; we face forward.

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No part of Africa is free while any of our national territory remains unliberated.

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Africa is a paradox which illustrates and highlights neo-colonialism Her 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.

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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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As a ship that has been freshly launched, we face the hazards of the high seas alone. We must rely on our own men, on the captain and on his navigation. And, as I proudly stand on the bridge of that lone vessel as she confidendy sets sail, I raise a hand to shade my eyes from the glaring African sun, and scan the horizon. There is so much more beyond.

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There is no solution to the race question until all forms of racial discrimination and segregation anywhere are made criminal.

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Capitalism is too complicated a system for a newly independent nation. Hence the need for a socialistic society.

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Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism just as feudalism is a development by refinement from slavery. Capitalism is but the gentleman's method of slavery.

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Long before many of us were even conscious of our own degradation, Marcus Garvey fought for African national and racial equality.

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We cannot tell our peoples that material benefits in growth and modern progress are not for them. If we do, they will throw us out and seek other leaders who promise more … We have to modernize. Either we shall do so with the interest and support of the West or we shall be compelled to turn elsewhere. This is not a warning or a threat, but a straight statement of political reality.

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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 difference between myself and Castro is that I am not aligned and he is; I am a socialist and he is a communist.

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The independence of Ghana is meaningless until it is linked to the total liberation of Africa.

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The essence of neo-colonialism is that the State which is subject to it is, in theory, independent and has all the outward trappings of international sovereignty. In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.

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