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Marcus Garvey, born on August 17, 1887, and died on June 10, 1940, was a prominent publisher, politician, social activist, and leader of the Black Rights Movement from Jamaica. He advocated for African nationalism and the idea of black people returning to Africa, promoting the concepts of black self-determination and unity on a global scale.

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Famous Marcus Garvey Quotes

“They subjugate first, if the weaker peoples will stand for it; then exploit, and if they will not stand for SUBJUGATION nor EXPLOITATION, the other recourse is EXTERMINATION.”

Ifs Firsts Slavery Exploitation Exploits Recourse Extermination Subjugation

Book:Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

“No two persons think alike, even if they outwardly profess the same faith, so we have as many religions in Christianity as we have believers.”

Ifs Thinking Persons Two Christianity Believer Godly

Book:Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

“RELIGION is one's opinion and belief in some ethical truth. To be a Christian is to have the religion of Christ, and so to be a believer of Mohammed is to be a Mohammedan but there are so many religions that every man seems to be a religion unto himself. No two persons think alike, even if they outwardly profess the same faith, so we have as many religions in Christianity as we have believers.”

Ifs Thinking Men Persons Two Seems Christian Belief Christ Christianity Opinion Believer Every Man Ethical Godly Opinions And Beliefs

Book:Philosophy and opinions: Edited by Amy Jacques-Garvey

Source: Philosophy and opinions: Edited by Amy Jacques-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.”

Ifs Spiritual Dies Glory Atlanta

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

“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.”

Ifs Believe Age Justice Mankind Equity Statesmen Present Day Blunders

Book:Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

“It is by education that we become prepared for our duties and responsibilities in life. If one is badly educated he must naturally fail in the proper assumption and practice of his duties and responsibilities.”

Ifs Responsibility Practice Failing Duty Prepared Educated Assumption Responsibilities In Life

Book:Message to the People: The Course of African Philosophy

Source: Message to the People: The Course of African Philosophy

“A race that is solely dependent upon another for economic existence sooner or later dies. As we have in the past been living upon the mercies shown by others, and by the chances obtainable, and have suffered there from, so we will in the future suffer if an effort is not made now to adjust our own affairs.”

Ifs Made Past Suffering Dies Chance Effort Race Existence Economic Mercy Affair Dependent Sooner Or Later

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

“I trust that you will so live today as to realize that you are masters of your own destiny, masters of your fate; if there is anything you want in this world, it is for you to strike out with confidence and faith in self and reach for it.”

Ifs World Want Self Today Realizing Destiny Fate This World Masters Strikes Live For Today

Book:Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey

Source: Selected Writings and Speeches of 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.”

Ifs Dies Modern Effects Drink Civilization Careful Poison Modern Civilization

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 with 400 million Black People can do it. If you cannot do it, if you are not prepared to do it then you will DIE. You race of cowards, you race of imbeciles, you race of good for-nothings, if you cannot do what other men have done, what other nations have done, what other races have done, THEN YOU HAD BETTER DIE.”

People Ifs Men Done Dies Nations Black Can Do Race Millions Prepared Coward Black People Imbeciles

Author:Marcus Garvey

“If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.”

People Ifs Would Be Greatness Respect Disrespect

Author:Marcus Garvey

“The value of knowledge is to use it. It is not humanly possible that a person can retain all knowledge of the world, but if a person knows how to search for all the knowledge of the world, he will find it when he wants it.”

Ifs Knows World Want Persons Use Values Know How Knowledge Of The World

Book:Message to the People: The Course of African Philosophy

Source: Message to the People: The Course of African Philosophy

“Death is the end of all life in the individual or the thing; if physical, the crumbling of the body into dust from whence it came. He who lives not uprightly, dies completely in the crumbling of the physical body, but he who lives well, transforms himself from that which is mortal, to immortal.”

Ifs Wells Ends Body Dies Individual Dust Mortals Immortal Physical Body Crumbling

Book:Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

“Negro producers, Negro distributors, Negro consumers! The world of Negroes can be self contained. We desire earnestly to deal with the rest of the world, but if the rest of the world desire not, we seek not”

Ifs World Self Desire Deals Producers Consumers Distributors Self Contained

Author:Marcus Garvey

“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.”

Ifs Self Race Confidence Defeat Self Confidence Defeated Have Confidence Confidence Boosting No Confidence Jamaicans Confidence And Courage Inspirational Confidence Already Won Supreme Confidence

Book:Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

Source: Philosophy and Opinions of 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

“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

“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