"Billions of dollars have been lost to the……" — Marcus Garvey
"Billions of dollars have been lost to the Negro race within the last fifty years through disloyalty on the part of successful Negroes, who have preferred to give away their fortunes to members of other races, than to bequeath them to worthy institutions and movements of their own to help their own people."
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Marcus Garvey
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105 Quotes by Marcus Garvey
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It is unfortunate that we should find ourselves at this time the only disorganized group. Others have had the advantage…
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We are not engaged in domestic politics, in church building or in social uplift work, but we are engaged in…
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The whole world is run on bluff. No race, no nation, no man has any divine right to take advantage…
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Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people. Action, self-reliance, the vision of self and the future…
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Slavery is a condition imposed upon individuals or races not sufficiently able to protect or defend themselves, and so long…
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They subjugate first, if the weaker peoples will stand for it; then exploit, and if they will not stand for…
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Before we can properly help the people, we have to destroy the old education... that teaches them that somebody is…
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God Almighty created each and every one of use for a place in the world, and for the least of…
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God does not... give people positions or jobs or... good conditions such as they desire; they must do that for…
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It is only the belief and the confidence we have in a God why man is able to understand his…
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No two persons think alike, even if they outwardly profess the same faith, so we have as many religions in…
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RELIGION is one's opinion and belief in some ethical truth. To be a Christian is to have the religion of…
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