Quotes by Marcus Garvey

“The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness”

“God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.”

“Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.”

“Let it be your constant method to look into the design of peoples actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.”

“The whole world is run on bluff”

“There is no force like success, and that is why the individual makes all effort to surround himself throughout life with the evidence of it; as of the individual, so should it be of the nation.”

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

“Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.”

“Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.”

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

“Youre not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you cant face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.”

“You cant separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.”

“If you have no critics youll likely have no success.”

“Im black, I dont feel burdened by it and I dont think its a huge responsibility. Its part of who I am. It does not define me.”

“If you stop struggling, then you stop life.”

“The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.”

“I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.”

“History is a peoples memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.”

“The medias the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and thats power. Because they control the minds of the masses.”

“Dont be in a hurry to condemn because he doesnt do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didnt know what you know today.”