Marcus Garvey quotes

Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, and prominent activist for Black nationalism and Pan-Africanism. His movement inspired millions to take pride in their African heritage and to seek social and economic empowerment. He became a symbol of Black pride and unity around the world. Here are 65 of his quotes:

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. (Marcus Garvey)
The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness. View quote
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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. View quote
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Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Hungry men have no respect for law, authority or human life. View quote
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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. View quote
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The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together. View quote
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Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned. View quote
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If you have no confidence in self you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence you have won even before you have started. (Marcus Garvey)
We were the first Fascists, when we had 100,000 disciplined men, and were training children, Mussolini was still an unknown. Mussolini copied our Fascism. View quote
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great principles, great ideals know no nationality. View quote
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Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm, look for me all around you, for, with God's grace, I shall come and bring with me countless millions of black slaves who have died in America and the West Indies and the millions in Africa to aid you in the fight for Liberty, Freedom and Life. View quote
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When the facts of history are written Haile Selassie of Abyssinia will go down as a great coward who ran away from his country to save his skin and left the millions of his countrymen to struggle through a terrible war that he brought upon them because of his political ignorance and his racial disloyalty. View quote
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Progress is the attraction that moves humanity. View quote
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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. View quote
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Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people. View quote
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Africa for the Africans... at home and abroad! View quote
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I like honesty and fair play. View quote
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Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden... (Marcus Garvey)
Never forget that intelligence rules the world and ignorance carries the burden. Therefore, remove yourself as far as possible from ignorance and seek as far as possible to be intelligent. View quote
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The thing to do is to get organized; keep separated and you will be exploited, you will be robbed, you will be killed. Get organized and you will compel the world to respect you. View quote
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With confidence, you have won before you have started. View quote
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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. View quote
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