Marcus Garvey Quotes.
A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact.
Real men laugh at opposition; real men smile when enemies appear.
Africa for the Africans… at home and abroad!
Our success educationally, industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. And the nation can be nowhere else but in Africa.
Every man has a right to his own opinion. Every race has a right to its own action; therefore let no man persuade you against your will, let no other race influence you against your own.
This hour we are stretching forth our hands with the desire to teach the world the true principles of mercy and justice.
If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.
The whole world is run on bluff.
Africa has become the big game of the nation hunters. Today, Africa looms as the greatest commercial, industrial and political prize in the world.
I regard the Klan, the Anglo-Saxon clubs and White American societies, as far as the Negro is concerned, as better friends of the race than all other groups of hypocritical whites put together.
God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.
The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
God does not… give people positions or jobs or… good conditions such as they desire; they must do that for themselves.. God does not build cities nor towns nor nations, nor homes, nor factories; men and people do that and all those who want must work for themselves and pray to God to give them strength to do it.
Always try to associate with people from whom you can learn something. All the knowledge that you want is in the world, and all you have to do is go and seek it.
