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.
Kwame NkrumahSocialism is not spontaneous. It does not arise of itself. It has abiding principles according to which the major means of production and distribution ought to be socialised if exploitation of the many by the few is to be prevented; if, that is to say, egalitarianism in the economy is to be protected.
Kwame NkrumahLong 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.
Kwame NkrumahThe traditional face of Africa includes an attitude towards man which can only be described as being socialist
Kwame Nkrumah