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An army has to be trained, disciplined, and organized so that it is a meaningful unit in peace and in war.

— Walter Rodney How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972)

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In the epoch of imperialism, the bankers became the aristocrats of the capitalist world.

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972)

A country’s wealth comes not from taxes but from production.

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972)

For the only great men among the unfree and the oppressed are those who struggle to destroy the oppressor.

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972)

To put it another way, the social (class) relations of capitalism are now outmoded, just as slave and feudal relations became outmoded in their time.

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972)

The first prerequisite for mastery of the environment is knowledge of that environment.

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