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 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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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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History is the landmark by which we are directed into the true course of life.
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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
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When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will.
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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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A man’s bread and butter is only insured when he works for it.
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Be Black, buy Black, think Black, and all else will take care of itself.
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I like honesty and fair play.
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Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.
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Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm.
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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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Africa for the Africans, at home and abroad!
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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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A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman are exact.
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People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.
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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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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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Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.
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There is no humanity before that which starts with yourself.
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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.
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Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.
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Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of suffering people.
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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?
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Unite all people of African ancestry of the world to one great body to establish a country and absolute government of their own.
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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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Hungry men have no respect for the law, authority, or human life.
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