I repeat that a one-party state can only function for the good of the people within the framework of a socialist state or in a developing state with a socialist programme. The government governs through the people, and not through the class cleavages and interests. In other words, the basis of government is the will of the people.
— Kwame Nkrumah Modern

First president of Ghana

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Unknown, quoted in analysis of his political philosophy

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1960s

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Controversial

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