QUOTES FROM MARCUS GARVEY

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

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"Up, up, you mighty race!
You can accomplish
what you will."

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"If you have no confidence in self you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence you have won even before you have started."

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"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."

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"Present day statesmen are making the biggest blunder of the age if they believe that there can be any peace without equity and justice to all mankind."

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"Behind the murder of millions of Negroes annually in Africa is the well organized system of exploitation by the alien intruders who desire to rob Africa of every bit of its wealth for the satisfaction of their race and the upkeep of their bankrupt European countries."