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"I prefer freedom in danger than servitude in tranquility"

— Kwame Nkrumah Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare (1968)

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

Seek ye first the political kingdom and all things shall be added unto you.

Never in the history of the world has an alien ruler granted self-rule to a people on a silver platter.

The neo-colonialism of today represents imperialism in its final and perhaps its most dangerous stage.

Neo-Colonialism, The Last Stage of Imperialism (1965)

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

The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah (1957)

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