"We, in Africa, will evolve forms of government, rather different from the traditional Western pattern, but no less democratic in their protection of the individual and his inalienable rights."

"A one-party system of government is an effective and safe instrument only when it operates in a socialist society."

"The black man is capable of managing his own affairs."

"There is no such thing as a small independent state in Africa. We are either united or we are nothing."

"I am a Ghanaian, an African, and a citizen of the world."