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Black men, you were once great; you shall be great again. Lose not courage or faith, go forward.

Marcus Garvey

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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Forget Ignorance Intelligence Possible Seek World Yourself
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?
MARCUS GARVEY

Divine Man Nation Run World Yourself
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
There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty.
MARCUS GARVEY

Liberty Race Yourself
When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will.
MARCUS GARVEY

Deep Failure People
Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.
MARCUS GARVEY

Carry Ignorance Intelligence Philosophy World
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
Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.
MARCUS GARVEY

Forever God Limitation
There is no humanity before that which starts with yourself.
MARCUS GARVEY

Healing Humanity Start Yourself
Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself.
MARCUS GARVEY

Opportunity Yourself
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
Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of suffering people.
MARCUS GARVEY

Chance Hope People Satisfaction Suffering
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
Africa for the Africans, at home and abroad!
MARCUS GARVEY

Company Nation Togetherness
Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.
MARCUS GARVEY

Humanity One Liner
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
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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Black Desire Myself People
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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Black Death God Myself World Yourself
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

Enemy Hate Myself Oppression Time
People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.
MARCUS GARVEY

History Knowledge Past People Tree
Black men, you were once great; you shall be great again. Lose not courage or faith, go forward.
MARCUS GARVEY

Courage Faith Greatness Man Worth
At no time within the last five hundred years can one point to a single instance of the Negro as a race of haters.
MARCUS GARVEY

Race Time
A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman are exact.
MARCUS GARVEY

Man Woman Writing
I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free.
MARCUS GARVEY

Freedom Nation Politics World
Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm.
MARCUS GARVEY

Myself Storm
History is the landmark by which we are directed into the true course of life.
MARCUS GARVEY

Direction History Life True
Do not remove the kinks from your hair–remove them from your brain.
MARCUS GARVEY

Inspirational Yourself

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