--- title: "1 Growth Means Quotes By Walter Rodney" description: "1 Growth Means quotes by Walter Rodney. Plus more from Walter Rodney and more Growth Means sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/walter-rodney-28510_development_development-means-a-capacity-for-self-su_2633980.jpg" --- > [“Development means a capacity for self-sustaining growth. It means that an economy must register advances which in turn will promote further progress. The loss of industry and skill in Africa was extremely small, if we measure it from the viewpoint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rodney/development-means-a-capacity-for-self-sustaining-growth-it-means-that/) [Walter Rodney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rodney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/walter-rodney-28510_development_development-means-a-capacity-for-self-su_2633980.jpg) ## More by Walter Rodney > [Not only are there African accomplices inside the imperialist system, but every African has a responsibility to understand the system and work for its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rodney/not-only-are-there-african-accomplices-inside-the-imperialist-system/) [Walter Rodney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rodney/) > [“From the beginning, Europe assumed the power to make decisions within the international trading system. An excellent illustration of that is the fact that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rodney/from-the-beginning-europe-assumed-the-power-to-make-decisions-within/) [Walter Rodney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rodney/) > [If there is to be any proving of our humanity it must be by revolutionary means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rodney/if-there-is-to-be-any-proving-of-our-humanity-it-must-be-by/) [Walter Rodney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rodney/) > [By what standard of morality can the violence used by a slave to break his chains be considered the same as the violence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rodney/by-what-standard-of-morality-can-the-violence-used-by-a-slave-to/) [Walter Rodney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rodney/) > [“On any basic figure of the Africans landed alive in the Americas, one would have to make several extensions- starting with a calculation to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rodney/on-any-basic-figure-of-the-africans-landed-alive-in-the-americas-one/) [Walter Rodney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rodney/) > [Ethnic differences exist; of course they exist on the African continent. They are not necessarily political differences, however. They don't necessarily cause people to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rodney/ethnic-differences-exist-of-course-they-exist-on-the-african/) [Walter Rodney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rodney/) > [“The peasants and workers of Europe (and eventually the inhabitants of the whole world) paid a huge price so that the capitalists could make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rodney/the-peasants-and-workers-of-europe-and-eventually-the-inhabitants-of/) [Walter Rodney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rodney/) > [Marcus Garvey was one of the first advocates of Black Power, and is still today the greatest spokesman ever to have been produced by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rodney/marcus-garvey-was-one-of-the-first-advocates-of-black-power-and-is/) [Walter Rodney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rodney/) > [“In a way, underdevelopment is a paradox. Many parts of the world that are naturally rich are actually poor and parts that are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rodney/in-a-way-underdevelopment-is-a-paradox-many-parts-of-the-world-that/) [Walter Rodney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rodney/) > [For the only great men among the unfree and the oppressed are those who struggle to destroy the oppressor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rodney/for-the-only-great-men-among-the-unfree-and-the-oppressed-are-those/) [Walter Rodney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rodney/) > [“Many guilty consciences have been created by the slave trade. Europeans know that they carried on the slave trade, and Africans are aware that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rodney/many-guilty-consciences-have-been-created-by-the-slave-trade/) [Walter Rodney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rodney/) > [“Development means a capacity for self-sustaining growth. It means that an economy must register advances which in turn will promote further progress. The loss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rodney/development-means-a-capacity-for-self-sustaining-growth-it-means-that/) [Walter Rodney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rodney/) > [After all, if there is no class stratification in a society, it follows that there is no state, because the state arose as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rodney/after-all-if-there-is-no-class-stratification-in-a-society-it-follows/) [Walter Rodney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rodney/) > [“The moment that the topic of the pre-European African past is raised, many individuals are concerned for various reasons to know about the existence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rodney/the-moment-that-the-topic-of-the-pre-european-african-past-is-raised/) [Walter Rodney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rodney/) > [“There was a period when the capitalist system increased the well-being of significant numbers of people as a by-product of seeking out profits for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rodney/there-was-a-period-when-the-capitalist-system-increased-the-well/) [Walter Rodney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rodney/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/growth-means/walter-rodney/#itemlist", "name": "1 Growth Means Quotes By Walter Rodney", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Development means a capacity for self-sustaining growth. 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