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.

For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent. The white man arrogated to himself the right to rule and to be obeyed by the non-white; his mission, he claimed, was to "civilize" Africa. Under this cloak, the Europeans robbed the continent of vast riches and inflicted unimaginable suffering on the African people.

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.

The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the African Continent

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

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