Martin Delany Quotes

We must make an issue, create an event, and establish a national position for ourselves: and never may expect to be respected as men and women, until we have undertaken some fearless, bold, and adventurous deeds of daring . . . - Martin Delany

Our elevation must be the result of self-efforts and work of our own hands. No other human power can accomplish it. If we but determine it shall be so, it will be so. - Martin Delany

If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr. - Martin Delany

Every people should be originators of their own destiny. - Martin Delany

A serpent is a serpent, and none the less a viper, because it is nestled in the bosom of an honest-hearted man. - Martin Delany

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