The Greatest Weapon Used Against the Negro is Disorganization.
MARCUS GARVEYIt 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.
More Marcus Garvey Quotes
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You must not mistake lip service and noise for bravery and service.
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Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm.
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Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.
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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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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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A man’s bread and butter is only insured when he works for it.
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When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will.
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The greatest possession of a man is character.
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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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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 we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.
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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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Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.
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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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Black men, you were once great; you shall be great again. Lose not courage or faith, go forward.
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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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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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People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.
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Africa for the Africans, at home and abroad!
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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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Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.
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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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Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself.
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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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To see your enemy and know him is a part of the complete education of man.
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