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.
MARCUS GARVEYThe pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together.
More Marcus Garvey Quotes
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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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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
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The Greatest Weapon Used Against the Negro is Disorganization.
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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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The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
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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.
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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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People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.
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Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.
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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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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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What you do today that is worthwhile, inspires others to act at some future time.
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Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself.
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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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A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman are exact.
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