People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.
MARCUS GARVEYThe 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.
More Marcus Garvey Quotes
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The greatest possession of a man is character.
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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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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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Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.
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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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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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Be Black, buy Black, think Black, and all else will take care of itself.
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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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Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.
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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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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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There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty.
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Hungry men have no respect for the law, authority, or human life.
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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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The only protection against INJUSTICE in man is POWER? Physical, financial, and scientific.
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