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Countrymen, The Task Ahead Is Great Indeed, And Heavy Is The Responsibility; And Yet It Is A Noble And Glorious Challenge - A Challenge Which Calls For The Courage To Dream, The Courage To Believe, The Courage To Dare, The Courage To Do, The Courage To Envision, The Courage To Fight, The Courage To Work, The Courage To Achieve - To Achieve The Highest Excellencies And The Fullest Greatness Of Man. Dare We Ask For More In Life?

We Prefer Self-government With Danger To Servitude In Tranquility.

There Is A Close Connection Between Socio-political Development, The Struggle Between Social Classes And The History Of Ideologies. In General, Intellectual Movements Closely Reflect The Trends Of Economic Developments. In Communal Society, Where There Are Virtually No Class Divisions, Man's Productive Activities On Outlook And Culture Is Less Discernible. Account Must Be Taken Of The Psychology Of Conflicting Classes.

Freedom Is Not Something That One People Can Bestow On Another As A Gift. Thy Claim It As Their Own And None Can Keep It From Them.

Africa Is One Continent, One People, And One Nation. The Notion That In Order To Have A Nation It Is Necessary For There To Be A Common Language, A Common Territory And Common Culture Has Failed To Stand The Test Of Time Or The Scrutiny Of Scientific Definition Of Objective Reality... The Community Of Economic Life Is The Major Feature Within A Nation, And It Is The Economy Which Holds Together The People Living In A Territory. It Is On This Basis That The New Africans Recognise Themselves As Potentially One Nation, Whose Dominion Is The Entire African Continent.