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Ethiopia shall once more arise from the ashes of material ruin to the heights of temporal glory. — Marcus Garvey

She makes one happy, then miserable. You are to her kind, then unkind. Constant yet inconstant. Thus we have WOMAN. No real man can do without her. — 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

What you do to-day that is worthwhile, inspires others to act at some future time. — 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

Be Black, buy Black, think Black, and all else will take care of itself. — 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

We see a new Ethiopia, a new Africa, stretching her hands of influence throughout the world, teaching man the way of life and peace, The Way to God. — Marcus Garvey

The enemies are not so much from without as from within the race. — 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

THEY NEVER TAUGHT MARCUS GARVEY IN OUR SCHOOL CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IS THEIR GOLDEN RULE — Jay-Z

Look to Africa, when a black king shall be crowned for the day of deliverance is at hand! — Marcus Garvey

You must not mistake lip-service and noise for bravery and service. — 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

Do not remove the kinks from your hair
remove them from your brain. — 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

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

Africa has become the big game of the nation hunters. Today, Africa looms as the greatest commercial, industrial and political prize in the world. — 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

to be once defeated is to find cause for an everlasting struggle to reach the top. — Marcus Garvey

Present day statesmen are making the biggest blunder of the age if they believe that there can be any peace without equity and justice to all mankind. — 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

Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men. — Marcus Garvey

Real men laugh at opposition; real men smile when enemies appear. — 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

The whole world is run on bluff. No race, no nation, no man has any divine right to take advantage of others. Why allow the other fellow to bluff you? — 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

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. — Marcus Garvey

Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm. — Marcus Garvey

History is the land-mark by which we are directed into the true course of life. — Marcus Garvey