"We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental……" — Marcus Garvey
"We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind. Mind is your only ruler, sovereign. The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind."
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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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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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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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