Kwame Nkrumah - The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah (1957)

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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...

Kwame Nkrumah

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

Kwame Nkrumah

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.

Kwame Nkrumah