Cheikh Anta Diop Quotes

Among peoples who are geographically grouped together like the peoples of Europe there must exist a sort of federal link.

Individually, the independent states of Africa, some of them potentially rich, others poor, can do little for their people. Together, by mutual help, they can achieve much. But the economic development of the continent must be planned and pursued as a whole. A loose confederation designed only for economic co-operation would not provide the necessary unity of purpose. Only a strong political union can bring about full and effective development of our natural resources for the benefit of our people.

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.

The countries of Europe are too small to guarantee their peoples the necessary prosperity and social development. The European states must constitute themselves into a federation.

In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity.

If the communists can bring together 300 million Russians and China almost a billion Chinese, we ought to be able to get together with Alabama.

The union of so many states will be seen in the eyes of the world—a wonder.

For 500 years, since European explorers came, Latin American countries had been separated from one another. They had very limited relations. Integration is a prerequisite for independence.

The Pacific Alliance is an initiative to align our economies.

There's going to be a need for a system of cooperation within the continent of Europe including the U.K. that covers both economic and political cooperation.

As Africans, we need to share common recognition that all of us stand to lose if we fail to transform our continent.

There is no real peace in Europe, if the states are reconstituted on a basis of national sovereignty. (…) They must have larger markets. Their prosperity is impossible, unless the States of Europe form themselves in a European Federation.

The Bush administration as well as Mexico and Canada have persons in the government in all three countries who want to a see a North American Union as well as a highway system that would bring goods into the west coast of Mexico and transport them up through Mexico into the United States and then in onto Canada.

The commentators of 1963 speak, in discussing Africa, of the Monrovia States, the Brazzaville Group, the Casablanca Powers, of these and many more. Let us put an end to these terms. What we require is a single African organisation through which Africa's single voice may be heard, within which Africa's problems may be studied and resolved.

I have suggested that Brazilian enterprises invest in Uruguay and Paraguay. These are small economies, so some things can be produced in these countries that will give them greater and more equitable involvement in the Mercosur game.

Latin America is convinced that, starting with South America, our way forward is to consolidate the process of integration: not theoretical integration - the integration of speeches - but physical integration, with infrastructure, with roads, with railways, with communications, with energy.

One of the greatest things that could really happen to Africa is for us to get rid of the borders and for the leadership not to think that the countries belong to them... We didn't create the borders to start with.

There are no regions in the world as reciprocally integrated as Latin America and the Caribbean, and Europe.

There should be no economic border at all between the North and South.

As a mature and responsible nation, one of India's foreign policy interests is to evolve a regional architecture based on the twin principles of shared security and shared prosperity.

The SCO countries have been connected historically through shared commonalities, which we are constantly rejuvenating.

Since its enforcement, NAFTA has been more than a trade agreement. It has made us think of ourselves as a region.

The growing collaboration between Punjab and Chinese companies is a source of extension in economic cooperation between Pakistan and China.

Brazil must resume and deepen Latin American integration.

China trading with its neighbours and building infrastructure brings only benefits.