If the Negro is not careful he will drink in all the poison of modern civilization and die from the effects of it.
MARCUS GARVEYLet the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.
More Marcus Garvey Quotes
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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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Do not remove the kinks from your hair–remove them from your brain.
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Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.
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A man’s bread and butter is only insured when he works for it.
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You must not mistake lip service and noise for bravery and service.
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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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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
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Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.
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There is no humanity before that which starts with yourself.
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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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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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Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.
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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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Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm.
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Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.
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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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Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of suffering people.
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Hungry men have no respect for the law, authority, or human life.
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I like honesty and fair play.
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A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman are exact.
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The Greatest Weapon Used Against the Negro is Disorganization.
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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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Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned.
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Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself.
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What you do today that is worthwhile, inspires others to act at some future time.
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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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