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Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself.

Marcus Garvey

A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman are exact.
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Man Woman Writing
The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together.
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Deep Philosophy Power Strength
Africa for the Africans, at home and abroad!
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Company Nation Togetherness
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.
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Black Desire Myself People
History is the landmark by which we are directed into the true course of life.
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Direction History Life True
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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Courage History Live Opportunity Yourself
Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of suffering people.
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Chance Hope People Satisfaction Suffering
The Greatest Weapon Used Against the Negro is Disorganization.
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Greatness War Weapon
Hungry men have no respect for the law, authority, or human life.
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Human Life Man Respect
To see your enemy and know him is a part of the complete education of man.
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Education Enemy Man See Yourself
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.
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Action Inspirational Man Opinion Right Voice Willing
Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.
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Carry Ignorance Intelligence Philosophy World
Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.
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Humanity One Liner
People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.
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History Knowledge Past People Tree
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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Give Up Hands Inspirational Life
What you do today that is worthwhile, inspires others to act at some future time.
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Act Future Inspirational Time Yourself
Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.
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Courage Faith Lose
Be Black, buy Black, think Black, and all else will take care of itself.
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Black Care Thinking
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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Knowledge Learning People Seek Try World
I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free.
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Freedom Nation Politics World
The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
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Greatness Shame Sin
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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Race Time
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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Care Death Poison
There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty.
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Liberty Race Yourself
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
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Confidence Life Race 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.
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Forget Ignorance Intelligence Possible Seek World Yourself
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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Development Inspirational Man Slave

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