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.

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

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

We face neither East nor West: we face forward.

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

We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!

Socialism 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.