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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.

Marcus Garvey

Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.
MARCUS GARVEY

Carry Ignorance Intelligence Philosophy World
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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Give Up Hands Inspirational Life
If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.
MARCUS GARVEY

Greatness Ourselves People Respect
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 GARVEY

Destiny History Nation Philosophy Race
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 GARVEY

Happiness Kind Man Misery Woman
Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned.
MARCUS GARVEY

Nation Victory
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
Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.
MARCUS GARVEY

Body Liberty Man
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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Development Inspirational Man Slave
Hungry men have no respect for the law, authority, or human life.
MARCUS GARVEY

Human Life Man Respect
Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.
MARCUS GARVEY

Forever God Limitation
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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Action Inspirational Man Opinion Right Voice Willing
When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will.
MARCUS GARVEY

Deep Failure People
Let us not try to be the best or worst of others, but let us make the effort to be the best of ourselves.
MARCUS GARVEY

Best Effort Ourselves Try Worst
If the Negro is not careful he will drink in all the poison of modern civilization and die from the effects of it.
MARCUS GARVEY

Care Death Poison
A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman are exact.
MARCUS GARVEY

Man Woman Writing
The greatest possession of a man is character.
MARCUS GARVEY

Charater Greatness Man Material
Unite all people of African ancestry of the world to one great body to establish a country and absolute government of their own.
MARCUS GARVEY

Government Greatness People Politics World
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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Knowledge Learning People Seek Try World
Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.
MARCUS GARVEY

Courage Faith Lose
A man’s bread and butter is only insured when he works for it.
MARCUS GARVEY

Food Man
You must not mistake lip service and noise for bravery and service.
MARCUS GARVEY

Brave Generousity Mistake Yourself
Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.
MARCUS GARVEY

Inspirational Man
The only protection against INJUSTICE in man is POWER? Physical, financial, and scientific.
MARCUS GARVEY

Justice Power Protection
People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.
MARCUS GARVEY

History Knowledge Past People Tree
I like honesty and fair play.
MARCUS GARVEY

Honesty One Liner Play
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

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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