"It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else."

"The multi-party system is divisive and a newly independent state needs the energy and enthusiasm of all the people to move forward."

"The only solution to the problem of neo-colonialism is a united Africa."

"We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new Africa. Ours is a struggle for a continent and its people, who have been humiliated and degraded for centuries."

"The African personality is a concept that must be given concrete expression."