The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.

The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.

Those who would judge us merely by the heights we have achieved would do well to remember the depths from which we started.

I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.

The fortunes of the African revolution are closely linked with the world-wide struggle against imperialism. It does not matter where the battle erupts, be it in Africa, Asia or Latin America, the master-mind and master-hand at work are the same. The oppressed and exploited people are striving for their freedom against exploitation and suppression. Ghana must not, Ghana cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor.

As far as i am concerned, i am in the knowledge that death can never extinguish the torch which i have lit in Ghana and Africa. Long after i am dead and gone, the light will continue to burn and be borne aloft, giving light and guidance to all people

The traditional face of Africa includes an attitude towards man which can only be described as being socialist