Marcus Garvey

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.

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

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.

Real men laugh at opposition; real men smile when enemies appear.

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

Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.

Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned.

Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm.

The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself but the ends you serve that are for all, in common, will take you into eternity.

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

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

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

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.

Africa for the Africans... at home and abroad!