“Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people. Action, self-reliance, the vision of self and the future have been the only means by which the oppressed have seen and realized the light of their own freedom.” PeopleMeanHas BeensSelfLightActionSufferingChanceVisionSatisfiedOppressedSelf RelianceRelianceMemorialMemorial DayMemorial Day RemembranceMemorial Day Messages Book:Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey
“At the age of nineteen, on my own initiative and at my own expense, I raised an army by means of which I restored liberty to the republic, which had been oppressed by the tyranny of a faction. For which service the senate, with complimentary resolutions, enrolled me in its order.” MeanAgeOrderMy OwnLibertyArmyRaisedTyrannyResolutionExpensesRepublicSenateInitiativeOppressedFactionsNineteen Author:Augustus