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.
MARCUS GARVEYThe Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
More Marcus Garvey Quotes
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Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.
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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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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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Hungry men have no respect for the law, authority, or human life.
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If the Negro is not careful he will drink in all the poison of modern civilization and die from the effects of it.
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People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.
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The greatest possession of a man is character.
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Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.
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Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself.
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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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Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned.
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Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.
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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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There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty.
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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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