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If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.

Marcus Garvey

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

Freedom Nation Politics World
Let us not try to be the best or worst of others, but let us make the effort to be the best of ourselves.
MARCUS GARVEY

Best Effort Ourselves Try Worst
If the Negro is not careful he will drink in all the poison of modern civilization and die from the effects of it.
MARCUS GARVEY

Care Death Poison
There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty.
MARCUS GARVEY

Liberty Race Yourself
A man’s bread and butter is only insured when he works for it.
MARCUS GARVEY

Food Man
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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Courage History Live Opportunity Yourself
The whole world is run on bluff. No race, no nation, no man has any divine right to take advantage of others. Why allow the other fellow to bluff you?
MARCUS GARVEY

Divine Man Nation Run World Yourself
There is no humanity before that which starts with yourself.
MARCUS GARVEY

Healing Humanity Start Yourself
When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will.
MARCUS GARVEY

Deep Failure People
Unite all people of African ancestry of the world to one great body to establish a country and absolute government of their own.
MARCUS GARVEY

Government Greatness People Politics World
Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned.
MARCUS GARVEY

Nation Victory
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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Black Desire Myself People
Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.
MARCUS GARVEY

Courage Faith Lose
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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Knowledge Learning People Seek Try World
I am not opposed to the white race as charged by my enemies. I have no time to hate anyone. All my time is devoted to the up-building and development of the Negro Race.
MARCUS GARVEY

Enemy Hate Myself Oppression Time
People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.
MARCUS GARVEY

History Knowledge Past People Tree

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