Quotes by Kwame Nkrumah

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

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

“The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.”

“It is far easier for the proverbial camel to pass through the needles eye, hump and all, than for an erstwhile colonial administration to give sound and honest counsel of a political nature to its liberated territory.”

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

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

“its concern was based on the fact that such disputes continued to retard development and progress, resulting in increased poverty among the people.”

The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.

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.

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