When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will.
MARCUS GARVEYEvery man has a right to his own opinion. Every race has a right to its own action; therefore let no man persuade you against your will, let no other race influence you against your own.
More Marcus Garvey Quotes
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Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.
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Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself, and let history record that as we toiled laboriously and courageously, we worked to live gloriously.
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She makes one happy, then miserable. You are to her kind, then unkind. Constant yet inconstant. Thus we have WOMAN. No real man can do without her.
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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.
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The greatest possession of a man is character.
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You must not mistake lip service and noise for bravery and service.
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What you do today that is worthwhile, inspires others to act at some future time.
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Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm, look for me all around you, for, with God’s grace, I shall come and bring with me countless millions of black slaves who have died in America.
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A man’s bread and butter is only insured when he works for it.
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Hungry men have no respect for the law, authority, or human life.
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We must give up the silly idea of folding our hands and waiting on God to do everything for us. If God had intended for that, then he would not have given us a mind. Whatever you want in life, you must make up your mind to do it for yourself.
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The history of a movement, the history of a nation, the history of a race is the guide-post of that movement’s destiny, that nation’s destiny, that race’s destiny.
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If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.
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Be Black, buy Black, think Black, and all else will take care of itself.
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Africa for the Africans, at home and abroad!
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Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.
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Every man has a right to his own opinion. Every race has a right to its own action; therefore let no man persuade you against your will, let no other race influence you against your own.
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History is the landmark by which we are directed into the true course of life.
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Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.
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I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there.
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Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself.
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It is only the belief and the confidence we have in a God why man is able to understand his own social institutions, and move and live like a rational human being.
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Never forget that intelligence rules the world and ignorance carry the burden. Therefore, remove yourself as far as possible from ignorance and seek as far as possible to be intelligent.
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There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty.
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Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of suffering people.
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I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free.
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