The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
MARCUS GARVEYThe Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
MARCUS GARVEYThe man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind.
MARCUS GARVEYIt is only the belief and the confidence we have in a God why man is able to understand his own social institutions, and move and live like a rational human being.
MARCUS GARVEYHistory is the landmark by which we are directed into the true course of life.
MARCUS GARVEYTo see your enemy and know him is a part of the complete education of man.
MARCUS GARVEYThe pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together.
MARCUS GARVEYI know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free.
MARCUS GARVEYIntelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.
MARCUS GARVEYWe 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.
MARCUS GARVEYYou must not mistake lip service and noise for bravery and service.
MARCUS GARVEYProgress is the attraction that moves humanity.
MARCUS GARVEYChance has never yet satisfied the hope of suffering people.
MARCUS GARVEYThe history of a movement, the history of a nation, the history of a race is the guide-post of that movement’s destiny, that nation’s destiny, that race’s destiny.
MARCUS GARVEYI am not opposed to the white race as charged by my enemies. I have no time to hate anyone. All my time is devoted to the up-building and development of the Negro Race.
MARCUS GARVEYShe makes one happy, then miserable. You are to her kind, then unkind. Constant yet inconstant. Thus we have WOMAN. No real man can do without her.
MARCUS GARVEYNever forget that intelligence rules the world and ignorance carry the burden. Therefore, remove yourself as far as possible from ignorance and seek as far as possible to be intelligent.
MARCUS GARVEY