Let us not try to be the best or worst of others, but let us make the effort to be the best of ourselves.
MARCUS GARVEYLose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.
More Marcus Garvey Quotes
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Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm.
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There is no humanity before that which starts with 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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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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A man’s bread and butter is only insured when he works for it.
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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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There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty.
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Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.
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Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.
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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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Unite all people of African ancestry of the world to one great body to establish a country and absolute government of their own.
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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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People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.
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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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The greatest possession of a man is character.
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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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Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.
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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
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It is only the belief and the confidence we have in a God why man is able to understand his own social institutions, and move and live like a rational human being.
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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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Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of suffering people.
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Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.
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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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The Greatest Weapon Used Against the Negro is Disorganization.
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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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You must not mistake lip service and noise for bravery and service.
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