The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
MARCUS GARVEYTake 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.
More Marcus Garvey Quotes
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When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will.
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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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Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.
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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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People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.
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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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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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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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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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Black men, you were once great; you shall be great again. Lose not courage or faith, go forward.
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The Greatest Weapon Used Against the Negro is Disorganization.
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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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To see your enemy and know him is a part of the complete education of man.
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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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You must not mistake lip service and noise for bravery and service.
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