There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty.
MARCUS GARVEYLook to Africa, for there a king will be crowned.
More Marcus Garvey Quotes
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Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.
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Hungry men have no respect for the law, authority, or human life.
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When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will.
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Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.
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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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The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together.
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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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The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
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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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Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.
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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 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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There is no humanity before that which starts with yourself.
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Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned.
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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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The greatest possession of a man is character.
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Africa for the Africans, at home and abroad!
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Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.
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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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Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.
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Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm.
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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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A man’s bread and butter is only insured when he works for it.
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Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of suffering people.
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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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