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title: "2 Independent Sovereign Quotes By Kwame Nkrumah"
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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/no-people-without-a-government-of-their-own-can-expect-to-be-treated/)

[Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/kwame-nkrumah-15093_government_no-people-without-a-government-of-their_1188690.jpg)

> [The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/the-best-way-of-learning-to-be-an-independent-sovereign-state-is-to/)

[Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/)

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## More by Kwame Nkrumah

> [But I think that of all the literature that I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/but-i-think-that-of-all-the-literature-that-i-studied-the-book-that/)

[Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/)

> [“All the fair brave words spoken about freedom that had been broadcast to the four corners of the earth took seed and grew where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/all-the-fair-brave-words-spoken-about-freedom-that-had-been-broadcast/)

[Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/)

> [We face neither East nor West: we face forward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/we-face-neither-east-nor-west-we-face-forward/)

[Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/)

> [It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity. Divided…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/it-is-clear-that-we-must-find-an-african-solution-to-our-problems-and/)

[Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/)

> [Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation. The notion that in order to have a nation it is necessary for there to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/africa-is-one-continent-one-people-and-one-nation-the-notion-that-in/)

[Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/a-state-in-the-grip-of-neo-colonialism-is-not-master-of-its-own/)

[Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/)

> [“Never before in history has such a sweeping fervor for freedom expressed itself in great mass movements which are driving down the bastions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/never-before-in-history-has-such-a-sweeping-fervor-for-freedom/)

[Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/)

> [We all want a United Africa, United not only in our concept of what unity connotes, but united in our common desire to move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/we-all-want-a-united-africa-united-not-only-in-our-concept-of-what/)

[Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/)

> [Africa is one continent, one people and one nation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/africa-is-one-continent-one-people-and-one-nation/)

[Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/)

> [The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/the-masses-of-the-people-of-africa-are-crying-for-unity/)

[Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/)

> [I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/i-am-not-african-because-i-was-born-in-africa-but-because-africa-was/)

[Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/)

> [At long last, the battle has ended! And thus, Ghana, your beloved country is free forever!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/at-long-last-the-battle-has-ended-and-thus-ghana-your-beloved-country/)

[Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/)

> [Seek ye first the political kingdom and all other else will be added unto it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/seek-ye-first-the-political-kingdom-and-all-other-else-will-be-added/)

[Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/)

> [It is only the ending of capitalism, colonialism, imperialism and neocolonialism and the attainment of world communism that can provide the conditions under which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/it-is-only-the-ending-of-capitalism-colonialism-imperialism-and/)

[Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/)

> [Socialism is not spontaneous. It does not arise of itself. It has abiding principles according to which the major means of production and distribution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/socialism-is-not-spontaneous-it-does-not-arise-of-itself-it-has/)

[Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/)

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