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.
MARCUS GARVEYHistory is the landmark by which we are directed into the true course of life.
More Marcus Garvey Quotes
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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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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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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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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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The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together.
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If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.
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At no time within the last five hundred years can one point to a single instance of the Negro as a race of haters.
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People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.
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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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Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.
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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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The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
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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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To see your enemy and know him is a part of the complete education of man.
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