If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.
MARCUS GARVEYNever 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.
More Marcus Garvey Quotes
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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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Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.
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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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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.
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At no time within the last five hundred years can one point to a single instance of the Negro as a race of haters.
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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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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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The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together.
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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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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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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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There is no humanity before that which starts with yourself.
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Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.
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Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned.
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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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