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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.

Marcus Garvey

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
The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
MARCUS GARVEY

Greatness Shame Sin
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
When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will.
MARCUS GARVEY

Deep Failure People
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
To see your enemy and know him is a part of the complete education of man.
MARCUS GARVEY

Education Enemy Man See Yourself
Africa for the Africans, at home and abroad!
MARCUS GARVEY

Company Nation Togetherness
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
Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of suffering people.
MARCUS GARVEY

Chance Hope People Satisfaction Suffering
History is the landmark by which we are directed into the true course of life.
MARCUS GARVEY

Direction History Life True
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
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
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
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
Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself.
MARCUS GARVEY

Opportunity Yourself
Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.
MARCUS GARVEY

Body Liberty Man

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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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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