Marcus Garvey Quotes
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Marcus Garvey Quotes & Sayings
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Ethiopia shall once more arise from the ashes of material ruin to the heights of temporal glory.
— Marcus Garvey
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.
— Marcus Garvey
Up, you mighty race, accomplish what you will.
— Marcus Garvey
At no time within the last five-hundred years can one point to a single instance of the Negro as a race of haters.
— Marcus Garvey
I like honesty and fair play.
— Marcus Garvey
Black men of Carthage, Ethiopia, of Timbuktu and Alexandria gave the likes of civilization to this world
— Marcus Garvey
The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together.
— Marcus Garvey
A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact.
— Marcus Garvey
Glorious shall be the battle when the time comes to fight for our people and our race.
— Marcus Garvey
The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
— Marcus Garvey
Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.
— Marcus Garvey
There is no humanity before that which starts with yourself.
— Marcus Garvey
Africa for the Africans ... at home and abroad!
— Marcus Garvey
I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there.
— Marcus Garvey
We are not engaged in domestic politics, in church building or in social uplift work, but we are engaged in nation building.
— Marcus Garvey
Of all literature I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey.
— Kwame Nkrumah
The whole world is run on bluff.
— Marcus Garvey
If I die in Atlanta my work shall then only begin, but I shall live, in the physical or spiritual to see the day of Africa's glory.
— Marcus Garvey
Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.
— Marcus Garvey
The UNIA teaches our race self-help and self-reliance ... in all those things that contribute to human happiness and well-being.
— Marcus Garvey
Look to Africa, when a black king shall be crowned for the day of deliverance is at hand!
— Marcus Garvey
The power that holds Africa is human, and it is recognized that whatsoever man has done, man can do.
— Marcus Garvey
Long before many of us were even conscious of our own degradation, Marcus Garvey fought for African national and racial equality.
— Kwame Nkrumah
A man's bread and butter is only insured when he works for it.
— Marcus Garvey
The only protection against INJUSTICE in man is POWER?Physical, financial and scientific.
— Marcus Garvey
Black men, you were once great; you shall be great again. Lose not courage or faith, go forward.
— Marcus Garvey
Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.
— Marcus Garvey
The Greatest Weapon Used Against the Negro is Disorganization.
— Marcus Garvey
Unite all people of African ancestry of the world to one great body to establish a country and absolute government of their own.
— Marcus Garvey
The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind
— Marcus Garvey
If the Negro is not careful he will drink in all the poison of modern civilization and die from the effects of it.
— Marcus Garvey
If you get up everyday and you don't learn you are
a fool — Marcus Garvey
a fool — Marcus Garvey
Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned.
— Marcus Garvey
Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden ...
— Marcus Garvey
I read "Up From Slavery" and then my dream - if I may so call it - of being a race leader dawned.
— Marcus Garvey
We welcome the opposition of the world, because we are determined to see the battle through. Africa's battle-cry is not yet heard.
— Marcus Garvey
We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
— Stokely Carmichael
A people without the knowledge of ...
— Marcus Garvey
This hour we are stretching forth our hands with the desire to teach the world the true principles of mercy and justice.
— Marcus Garvey
When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will.
— Marcus Garvey
I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free.
— Marcus Garvey
Let us not try to be the best or worst of others, but let us make the effort to be the best of ourselves.
— Marcus Garvey
Take the kinks out your mind, not your hair.
— Marcus Garvey
The greatest possesion of man is character
— Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey does not give a snap for anything human but justice, and that which is based upon righteousness.
— Marcus Garvey
There is nothing in the world common to man, that man cannot do.
— Marcus Garvey
Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.
— Marcus Garvey
Hungry men have no respect for law, authority or human life.
— Marcus Garvey
If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.
— Marcus Garvey
Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people.
— Marcus Garvey
If you haven't confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.
— Marcus Garvey
great principles, great ideals know no nationality.
— Marcus Garvey
With confidence, you have won before you have started.
— Marcus Garvey
There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty.
— Marcus Garvey
Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm.
— Marcus Garvey