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

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 . . .

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

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

Long before many of us were even conscious of our own degradation, these men [Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. DuBois] fought for African national and racial equality.

There is a close connection between socio-political development, the struggle between social classes and the history of ideologies. In general, intellectual movements closely reflect the trends of economic developments. In communal society, where there are virtually no class divisions, man's productive activities on outlook and culture is less discernible. Account must be taken of the psychology of conflicting classes.

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