"Government is not infallible. Government is only an……" — Marcus Garvey
"Government is not infallible. Government is only an executive control, a centralized authority for the purpose of expressing the will of the people; before you have a government you must have the people. Without the people there can be no government. The government must be, therefore, an expression of the will of the 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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I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason.
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