“Men, there is much to live for, and there is much to die for. The man, the race of nation that is not prepared to risk life itself for the possession of an ideal, shall lose that ideal. If you, I repeat, must be free, you yourselves must strike the blow.”
― Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey
― Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey
“whipped. It annoys me to be defeated; hence to me, to be once defeated is to find cause for an everlasting struggle to reach the top.”
― Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey
― Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey
“There is no strength but that which is destructive, because man has lost his virtues, and only respects force, which he himself cannot counteract.”
― Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey
― Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey
“Consciousness is a born hermit.”
― The Life of Reason and Other Works by George Santayana
― The Life of Reason and Other Works by George Santayana
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