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.
MARCUS GARVEYIntelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.
More Marcus Garvey Quotes
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Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.
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Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.
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When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will.
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Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.
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Hungry men have no respect for the law, authority, or human life.
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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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Black men, you were once great; you shall be great again. Lose not courage or faith, go forward.
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Be Black, buy Black, think Black, and all else will take care of itself.
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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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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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Let us not try to be the best or worst of others, but let us make the effort to be the best of ourselves.
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The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together.
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History is the landmark by which we are directed into the true course of life.
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If the Negro is not careful he will drink in all the poison of modern civilization and die from the effects of it.
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Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself.
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Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of suffering people.
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People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.
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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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The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
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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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Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.
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There is no humanity before that which starts with yourself.
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Africa for the Africans, at home and abroad!
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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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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?
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I like honesty and fair play.
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