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People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.

Marcus Garvey

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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Forget Ignorance Intelligence Possible Seek World Yourself
If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.
MARCUS GARVEY

Greatness Ourselves People Respect
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
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
The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together.
MARCUS GARVEY

Deep Philosophy Power Strength
Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.
MARCUS GARVEY

Body Liberty Man
When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will.
MARCUS GARVEY

Deep Failure People
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 GARVEY

Destiny History Nation Philosophy Race
Hungry men have no respect for the law, authority, or human life.
MARCUS GARVEY

Human Life Man Respect
The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
MARCUS GARVEY

Greatness Shame Sin
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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Happiness Kind Man Misery Woman
Be Black, buy Black, think Black, and all else will take care of itself.
MARCUS GARVEY

Black Care Thinking
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
MARCUS GARVEY

Confidence Life Race Yourself
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
Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of suffering people.
MARCUS GARVEY

Chance Hope People Satisfaction Suffering
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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Development Inspirational Man Slave

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