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Marcus Garvey

People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.
MARCUS GARVEY

History Knowledge Past People Tree
A man’s bread and butter is only insured when he works for it.
MARCUS GARVEY

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

Greatness Shame Sin
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
MARCUS GARVEY

Confidence Life Race Yourself
There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty.
MARCUS GARVEY

Liberty Race Yourself
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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Knowledge Learning People Seek Try World
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
The only protection against INJUSTICE in man is POWER? Physical, financial, and scientific.
MARCUS GARVEY

Justice Power Protection
Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.
MARCUS GARVEY

Body Liberty Man
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
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
I like honesty and fair play.
MARCUS GARVEY

Honesty One Liner Play
Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of suffering people.
MARCUS GARVEY

Chance Hope People Satisfaction Suffering
There is no humanity before that which starts with yourself.
MARCUS GARVEY

Healing Humanity Start Yourself
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
Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.
MARCUS GARVEY

Courage Faith Lose
What you do today that is worthwhile, inspires others to act at some future time.
MARCUS GARVEY

Act Future Inspirational Time 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
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
The greatest possession of a man is character.
MARCUS GARVEY

Charater Greatness Man Material
Be Black, buy Black, think Black, and all else will take care of itself.
MARCUS GARVEY

Black Care Thinking
You must not mistake lip service and noise for bravery and service.
MARCUS GARVEY

Brave Generousity Mistake Yourself
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
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
The Greatest Weapon Used Against the Negro is Disorganization.
MARCUS GARVEY

Greatness War Weapon
Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.
MARCUS GARVEY

Forever God Limitation
Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.
MARCUS GARVEY

Inspirational Man

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