If the Negro is not careful he will drink in all the poison of modern civilization and die from the effects of it.
MARCUS GARVEYThere shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty.
More Marcus Garvey Quotes
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Do not remove the kinks from your hair–remove them from your brain.
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I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free.
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Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.
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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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Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.
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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?
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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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Be Black, buy Black, think Black, and all else will take care of itself.
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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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To see your enemy and know him is a part of the complete education of man.
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There is no humanity before that which starts with yourself.
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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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What you do today that is worthwhile, inspires others to act at some future time.
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Let us not try to be the best or worst of others, but let us make the effort to be the best of ourselves.
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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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