A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman are exact.
MARCUS GARVEYThere is no humanity before that which starts with yourself.
More Marcus Garvey Quotes
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The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
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You must not mistake lip service and noise for bravery and service.
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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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Africa for the Africans, at home and abroad!
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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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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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Black men, you were once great; you shall be great again. Lose not courage or faith, go forward.
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A man’s bread and butter is only insured when he works for it.
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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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Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself.
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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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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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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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Hungry men have no respect for the law, authority, or human life.
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