173 Abibisika (Black Gold) Points

Rank: Unranked Obibini

“We must understand that the government is the people and that the majority of the people dictate the policy of the government. If the majority of the people are against a measure, a thing or race, then the government is impotent to protect that measure, that thing or that race.

“For the Negro to depend entirely upon the ballot and his industrial progress is like depending on a broken stick which will never support him in time of need. It is not hard for the simplest mind to see that the Negro can never hope to hold up his head until he acquires a home of his own where he may match his mind with that of other races and demonstrate his ability to govern himself as other races are doing.”

Marcus Garvey
November 1925