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.
MARCUS GARVEYAlways 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.
More Marcus Garvey Quotes
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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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Africa for the Africans, at home and abroad!
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Hungry men have no respect for the law, authority, or human life.
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Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.
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Do not remove the kinks from your hair–remove them from your brain.
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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 us not try to be the best or worst of others, but let us make the effort to be the best of ourselves.
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What you do today that is worthwhile, inspires others to act at some future time.
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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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I like honesty and fair play.
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Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.
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When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will.
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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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Black men, you were once great; you shall be great again. Lose not courage or faith, go forward.
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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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History is the landmark by which we are directed into the true course of life.
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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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Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.
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The Greatest Weapon Used Against the Negro is Disorganization.
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The greatest possession of a man is character.
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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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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
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Be Black, buy Black, think Black, and all else will take care of itself.
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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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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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