Marcus Garvey Quotes

Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

“I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free.”

Knows World Whole Freedom Racism Concerned Boundaries Whole World Provinces

Book:Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey

Source: Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey

“Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm.”

Looks Storm Whirlwind

Book:The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. VI: September 1924-December 1927

Source: The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. VI: September 1924-December 1927

“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.”

Together Black White Race Groups Pride Friends Concerned Regard Clubs American Society Hypocritical Anglo Saxon

Book:The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans

Source: The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans

“Africa for the Africans... at home and abroad!”

Home

Book:Marcus Garvey Life and Lessons: A Centennial Companion to the Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers

Source: Marcus Garvey Life and Lessons: A Centennial Companion to the Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers

“Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned.”

Looks Kings

Author:Marcus Garvey

“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.”

Nations Protection

Author:Marcus Garvey

“Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.”

Men Done Can Do Common

Author:Marcus Garvey

“You may call me a Klansman if you will, but, potentially, every white man is a Klansman, as far as the Negro in competition with whites socially, economically and politically is concerned, and there is no use lying.”

Ifs Men May Use Lying White Concerned Competition Call Me White Man

Book:The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans

Source: The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans

“There is no humanity before that which starts with yourself.”

Humanity

Author:Marcus Garvey

“Fascism is the cult of organised murder , invented by the arch-enemies of society . It tends to destroy civilization and revert man to his most barbarous state. Mussolini and Hitler might well be called the devils of an age, for they are playing hell with civilization.”

Men Wells States Might Age Enemy Hell Civilization Devil Murder Fascism Cult Arches Organised

Author: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.”

Men Firsts Children Stills Training Fascism Fascists

Book:The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers

Source: The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers

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

Mistake Bravery Lips Noise Lip Service

Book:The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans

Source: The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans

“The Greatest Weapon Used Against the Negro is Disorganization.”

Used Weapons Disorganization

Book:Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

“I read "Up From Slavery" and then my dream - if I may so call it - of being a race leader dawned.”

Ifs May Dream Literature Race Leader Slavery

Author:Marcus Garvey

“We must give up the silly idea of folding our hands and waiting on God to do everything for us. If God had intended for that, then he would not have given us a mind. Whatever you want in life, you must make up your mind to do it for yourself.”

Ifs Want Giving Mind Ideas Hands Given Waiting Giving Up Silly Do It Yourself Make Up Your Mind Folding Waiting On God

Author:Marcus Garvey

“If you get up everyday and you don't learn you are a fool”

Ifs Fool Everyday Get Up

Author:Marcus Garvey

“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.”

People World Want Trying Associates

Author:Marcus Garvey

“No race has the last word on culture and on civilization. You do not know what the black man is capable of; you do not know what he is thinking and therefore you do not know what the oppressed and suppressed Negro, by virtue of his condition and circumstance, may give to the world as a surprise.”

Thinking Knows Men World Giving May Lasts Culture Black Race Virtue Conditions Circumstances Civilization Capable Surprise Oppressed Last Words

Author:Marcus Garvey

“Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.”

Loses

Book:Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

“In a world of wolves one should go armed, and one of the most powerful defensive weapons within the reach of Negroes is the practice of race first in all parts of the world.”

World Should Firsts Powerful Race Practice Weapons Most Powerful

Book:The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers: September 1920-August 1921

Source: The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers: September 1920-August 1921

“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.”

War Country Facts Political Left Millions Struggle Written Ignorance Terrible Skins Ran Coward Countrymen Disloyalty

Book:The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers

Source: The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers

“Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.”

Sky Limits Eternity Measurement

Book:The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. X: Africa for the Africans, 1923–1945

Source: The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. X: Africa for the Africans, 1923–1945

“The traitor of other races is generally confined to the mediocre or irresponsible individual, but, unfortunately, the traitors among the Negro race are generally to be found among the men with the highest place in education and society, the fellows who call themselves leaders.”

Men Found Individual Race Leader He Man Highest Fellows Mediocre Confined Irresponsible Traitor

Book:Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

“Black men, you were once great; you shall be great again. Lose not courage or faith, go forward.”

Men Black Loses

Book:Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

“Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.”

World Ignorance Burden Carrie

Book:Marcus Garvey Life and Lessons: A Centennial Companion to the Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers

Source: Marcus Garvey Life and Lessons: A Centennial Companion to the Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers

“The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself but the ends you serve that are for all, in common, will take you into eternity.”

Ends Common Integrity Eternity Selfish

Book:Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

“The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together.”

Together Tongue Pens

Author:Marcus Garvey

“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.”

Ifs Life Self Race Trust Confidence Self Confidence Defeated Have Confidence Confidence Boosting No Confidence Jamaicans Inspirational Confidence Already Won

Book:Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

“It is unfortunate that we should find ourselves at this time the only disorganized group. Others have had the advantage of organization for centuries, so what seems to them unnecessary, from a racial point of view, becomes necessary to us, who have had to labor all along under the disadvantage of being scattered without a racial aim or purpose.”

Should Seems Purpose Views Groups Century Racism Advantage Labor Organization Aim Point Of View Unfortunate Unnecessary Disadvantages Disorganized

Book:The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans

Source: The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans

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