Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery . Capitalism is but the gentlemen's method of slavery.

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

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

It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity. Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in the world.

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

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 . . .

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