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> [It is only in the mountains that I can fully appreciate my existence as a man in America, and my own native land](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-delany/it-is-only-in-the-mountains-that-i-can-fully-appreciate-my-existence/)

[Martin Delany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-delany/)

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## More by Martin Delany

> [The rights of no oppressed people have ever yet been obtained by a voluntary act of justice on the part of the oppressors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-delany/the-rights-of-no-oppressed-people-have-ever-yet-been-obtained-by-a/)

[Martin Delany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-delany/)

> [If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-delany/if-we-treated-everyone-we-meet-with-the-same-affection-we-bestow-upon/)

[Martin Delany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-delany/)

> [It is only in the mountains that I can fully appreciate my existence as a man in America, and my own native land](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-delany/it-is-only-in-the-mountains-that-i-can-fully-appreciate-my-existence/)

[Martin Delany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-delany/)

> [Every people should be the originators of their own destiny, the projectors of their own schemes, and creators of the events that lead to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-delany/every-people-should-be-the-originators-of-their-own-destiny-the/)

[Martin Delany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-delany/)

> [I am not in favor of caste, nor separation of the brotherhood of mankind, and would as willingly live among white men as Black,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-delany/i-am-not-in-favor-of-caste-nor-separation-of-the-brotherhood-of/)

[Martin Delany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-delany/)

> [We must make an issue, create an event, and establish a national position for ourselves: and never may expect to be respected as men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-delany/we-must-make-an-issue-create-an-event-and-establish-a-national/)

[Martin Delany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-delany/)

> [Let us have an education, that shall practically develop our thinking faculties and manhood; and then, and only then, shall we be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-delany/let-us-have-an-education-that-shall-practically-develop-our-thinking/)

[Martin Delany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-delany/)

> [Every people should be originators of their own destiny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-delany/every-people-should-be-originators-of-their-own-destiny/)

[Martin Delany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-delany/)

> [A serpent is a serpent, and none the less a viper, because it is nestled in the bosom of an honest-hearted man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-delany/a-serpent-is-a-serpent-and-none-the-less-a-viper-because-it-is/)

[Martin Delany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-delany/)

> [Our elevation must be the result of self-efforts and work of our own hands. No other human power can accomplish it. If we but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-delany/our-elevation-must-be-the-result-of-self-efforts-and-work-of-our-own/)

[Martin Delany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-delany/)

> [The claims of no people, according to established policy and usage, are respected by any nation, until they are presented in a national capacity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-delany/the-claims-of-no-people-according-to-established-policy-and-usage-are/)

[Martin Delany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-delany/)

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