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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

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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Best Effort Ourselves Try Worst
At no time within the last five hundred years can one point to a single instance of the Negro as a race of haters.
MARCUS GARVEY

Race Time
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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Black Death God Myself World Yourself
Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.
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Carry Ignorance Intelligence Philosophy World
The greatest possession of a man is character.
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Charater Greatness Man Material
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
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
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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Action Inspirational Man Opinion Right Voice Willing
History is the landmark by which we are directed into the true course of life.
MARCUS GARVEY

Direction History Life True
Black men, you were once great; you shall be great again. Lose not courage or faith, go forward.
MARCUS GARVEY

Courage Faith Greatness Man Worth
The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
MARCUS GARVEY

Greatness Shame Sin
Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.
MARCUS GARVEY

Courage Faith Lose
I like honesty and fair play.
MARCUS GARVEY

Honesty One Liner Play
You must not mistake lip service and noise for bravery and service.
MARCUS GARVEY

Brave Generousity Mistake Yourself
People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.
MARCUS GARVEY

History Knowledge Past People Tree
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

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