This hour we are stretching forth our hands with the desire to teach the world the true principles of mercy and justice. Marcus Garvey More Quotes by Marcus Garvey More Quotes From Marcus Garvey Unite all people of African ancestry of the world to one great body to establish a country and absolute government of their own. Marcus Garvey governmentcountrypeople Government is not infallible. Government is only an executive control, a centralized authority for the purpose of expressing the will of the people; before you have a government you must have the people. Without the people there can be no government. The government must be, therefore, an expression of the will of the people. Marcus Garvey governmentexpressionpeople Be as proud of your race today as our as our fathers were in days of yore. We have beautiful history, and we shall create another in the future that will astonish the world. Marcus Garvey racebeautifulfather A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact. Marcus Garvey readingwritingmen Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward. Marcus Garvey loses 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. Marcus Garvey powerfulracepractice The whole world is run on bluff. No race, no nation, no man has any divine right to take advantage of others. Why allow the other fellow to bluff you? Marcus Garvey racerunningmen 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. Marcus Garvey memorial-dayselfmean Black men of Carthage, Ethiopia, of Timbuktu and Alexandria gave the likes of civilization to this world Marcus Garvey blackmencivilization 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. Marcus Garvey subjugationslaveryfirsts Rise up Black Men, and take your stand. Reach up black men and women and pull all nature’s knowledge to you. Turn ye around and make a conquest of everything North and South, East and West. And then we you have wrought well, you will have merited God's blessing, you will become God's chosen people and naturally you'll become leaders of the world. Marcus Garvey blessingmenpeople LIFE is that existence that is given to man to live for a purpose, to live to his own satisfaction and pleasure, providing he forgets not the God who created him and who expects a spiritual obedience and observation of the moral laws that He has inspired. Marcus Garvey inspirational-lifespiritualmen That we suffer so much today under whatsoever flag we live is proof positive that constitutions and laws, when framed by the early advocates of human liberty, never included and were never intended for us as a people. It is only a question of sheer accident that we happen to be fellow citizens today with the descendants of those who, through their advocacy, laid the foundation for human rights. Marcus Garvey rightslawpeople 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. Marcus Garvey protectionnations Up, you mighty race, accomplish what you will. Marcus Garvey accomplishrace Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences. Marcus Garvey words-of-wisdomafrican-americanmen I pray God that we shall never use our physical prowess to oppress the human race, but we will use our strength, physically, morally and otherwise to preserve humanity and civilization. Marcus Garvey racehumanitycivilization I do not speak carelessly or recklessly but with a definite object of helping the people, especially those of my race, to know, to understand, and to realize themselves. Marcus Garvey racehelpingpeople 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. Marcus Garvey white-manmenlying Slavery is a condition imposed upon individuals or races not sufficiently able to protect or defend themselves, and so long as a race or people expose themselves to the danger of being weak, no one can tell when they will be reduced to slavery. Marcus Garvey racelongpeople
