We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind. Mind is your only ruler, sovereign. The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind, because man is related to man under all circumstances for good or for ill.
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Speaking during a speech entitled "The Work That Has Been Done" at Menelik Hall, Sydney, Nova Scotia on Sunday, October 31, 1937. Hill, R. A., Garvey, M. (1983). The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. VII: November 1927-August 1940. United Kingdom: University of California Press, P. 794.ISBN 0520072081