Facts about Marcus Garvey

Occup.Publisher
FromJamaica
BornAugust 17, 1887
DiedJune 10, 1940
Aged52 years

Summary

Marcus Garvey was a famous Publisher from Jamaica, who lived between August 17, 1887 and June 10, 1940. He/she became 52 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac leo, who is known for Ruling, Warmth, Generosity, Faithful, Initiative. Our collection contains 24 quotes who is written / told by Marcus.

Related authors: Stokely Carmichael (Activist)

24 Famous quotes by Marcus Garvey

Small: Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do
"Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do"
Small: I regard the Klan, the Anglo-Saxon clubs and White American societies, as far as the Negro is concerned
"I regard the Klan, the Anglo-Saxon clubs and White American societies, as far as the Negro is concerned, as better friends of the race than all other groups of hypocritical whites put together"
Small: With confidence, you have won before you have started
"With confidence, you have won before you have started"
Small: Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences
"Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences"
Small: Up, you mighty race, accomplish what you will
"Up, you mighty race, accomplish what you will"
Small: There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty
"There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty"
Small: There is no force like success, and that is why the individual makes all effort to surround himself thr
"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"
Small: The whole world is run on bluff
"The whole world is run on bluff"
Small: The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness
"The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness"
Small: Progress is the attraction that moves humanity
"Progress is the attraction that moves humanity"
Small: Our success educationally, industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founde
"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"
Small: I like honesty and fair play
"I like honesty and fair play"
Small: I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa i
"I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free"
Small: I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa there are blacks who are no good here and will
"I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there"
Small: God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what
"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"
Small: Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people
"Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people"
Small: Africa for the Africans... at home and abroad!
"Africa for the Africans... at home and abroad!"
Small: A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact
"A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact"
Small: A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots
"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots"
Small: Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned
"Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned"
Small: Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm
"Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm"
Small: Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men
"Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men"
Small: If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life
"If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life"
Small: You may call me a Klansman if you will, but, potentially, every white man is a Klansman, as far as the
"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"