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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.

Marcus Garvey

Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.
MARCUS GARVEY

Inspirational Man
Black men, you were once great; you shall be great again. Lose not courage or faith, go forward.
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Courage Faith Greatness Man Worth
Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.
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Body Liberty Man
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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Action Inspirational Man Opinion Right Voice Willing
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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Government Greatness People Politics World
The greatest possession of a man is character.
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Charater Greatness Man Material
What you do today that is worthwhile, inspires others to act at some future time.
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Act Future Inspirational Time Yourself
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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Black Death God Myself World Yourself
Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.
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Humanity One Liner
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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Knowledge Learning People Seek Try World
Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned.
MARCUS GARVEY

Nation Victory
A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman are exact.
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Man Woman Writing
I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free.
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Freedom Nation Politics World
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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Enemy Hate Myself Oppression Time
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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Believe Confidence God Human Man Understand
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.
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Destiny History Nation Philosophy Race
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
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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Give Up Hands Inspirational Life
People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.
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History Knowledge Past People Tree
History is the landmark by which we are directed into the true course of life.
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Direction History Life True
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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Development Inspirational Man Slave
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
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
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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Happiness Kind Man Misery Woman
If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.
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Greatness Ourselves People Respect
When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will.
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Deep Failure People
You must not mistake lip service and noise for bravery and service.
MARCUS GARVEY

Brave Generousity Mistake Yourself

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