"Lagging behind in the van of civilization will not prove our higher abilities. Being subservient to the will and caprice of progressive races will not prove anything superior in us. Being satisfied to drink of the dregs from the cup of human progress will not demonstrate our fitness as a people to exist alongside of others, but when of our own initiative we strike out to build industries, governments, and ultimately empires, then and only then will we as a race prove to our Creator and to man in general that we are fit to survive and capable of shaping our own destiny." — Marcus Garvey, Jamaican-born pro-capitalist and Pan-Africanist, born on August 17, 1887. From More Philosophy & Opinions Of Marcus Garvey
8/17 Quote Of The Day: Marcus Garvey 125th Birthday
