We face neither East nor West: we face forward.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of looking ahead and being future-oriented rather than being limited by past divisions or geographical orientations.
Kwame Nkrumah's quote 'We face neither East nor West: we face forward' suggests a commitment to progress and unity that transcends geographic and ideological boundaries. By focusing on the future rather than being divided by traditional East-West dichotomies, it encourages individuals and societies to pursue forward-thinking solutions and collective advancement.
In practice
During a leadership seminar, to inspire delegates about the importance of innovation.
As far as i am concerned, i am in the knowledge that death can never extinguish the torch which i have lit in Ghana and Africa. Long after i am dead and gone, the light will continue to burn and be borne aloft, giving light and guidance to all people
It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity. Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in the world.
At long last, the battle has ended! And thus, Ghana, your beloved country is free forever!
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.
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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.
Yes, victors are our strongest. They're the ones who survived the arena and slipped the noose of poverty that strangles the rest of us. They, or should I say we, are the very embodiment of hope where there is no hope. And now twenty-three of us will be killed to show how even that hope was an illusion.
What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man?
The continental troops have as much courage and real discipline as those that are opposed to them. They are more inured to privation, more patient than Europeans, who, on these two points, cannot be compared to them.
I am so proud of Pakistanis and specifically of our lawyers for speaking out and getting their heads bashed in for a better Pakistan.
Every man eventually is backed up to the wall of faith, and there he must make his stand.
Stuttering is painful. In Sunday school, I'd try to read my lessons, and the children behind me were falling on the floor with laughter.
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