Black men, you were once great; you shall be great again. Lose not courage or faith, go forward.

Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.

I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free.

It is unfortunate that we should find ourselves at this time the only disorganized group. Others have had the advantage of organization for centuries, so what seems to them unnecessary, from a racial point of view, becomes necessary to us, who have had to labor all along under the disadvantage of being scattered without a racial aim or purpose.

Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.

Africa for the Africans... at home and abroad!

Always try to associate with people from whom you can learn something. All the knowledge that you want is in the world, and all you have to do is go and seek it.