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 GARVEYBe Black, buy Black, think Black, and all else will take care of itself.
More Marcus Garvey Quotes
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I like honesty and fair play.
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People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.
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She makes one happy, then miserable. You are to her kind, then unkind. Constant yet inconstant. Thus we have WOMAN. No real man can do without her.
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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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To see your enemy and know him is a part of the complete education of man.
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Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.
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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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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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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 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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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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If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.
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The greatest possession of a man is character.
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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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Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.
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Do not remove the kinks from your hair–remove them from your brain.
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Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.
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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
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You must not mistake lip service and noise for bravery and service.
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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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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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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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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 Greatest Weapon Used Against the Negro is Disorganization.
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History is the landmark by which we are directed into the true course of life.
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Africa for the Africans, at home and abroad!
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