Marcus Garvey Quotes

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Marcus Garvey

Profession : Publisher

Birth : August 17, 1887

Glorious shall be the battle when the time comes to fight for our people and our race.

Marcus Garvey

Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.

Marcus Garvey

I like honesty and fair play.

Marcus Garvey

If the enemy could only know that Marcus Garvey is but a John the Baptist in the wilderness, that a greater and more dangerous Marcus Garvey is yet to appear, the Garvey with whom you will have to reckon for the injustice of the present generation.

Marcus Garvey

Ethiopia shall once more arise from the ashes of material ruin to the heights of temporal glory.

Marcus Garvey

Africa has become the big game of the nation hunters. Today, Africa looms as the greatest commercial, industrial and political prize in the world.

Marcus Garvey

Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people.

Marcus Garvey

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

Marcus Garvey

We welcome the opposition of the world, because we are determined to see the battle through. Africa's battle-cry is not yet heard.

Marcus Garvey

This hour we are stretching forth our hands with the desire to teach the world the true principles of mercy and justice.

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Marcus Garvey does not give a snap for anything human but justice, and that which is based upon righteousness.

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.

Marcus Garvey