The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
MARCUS GARVEYThe Greatest Weapon Used Against the Negro is Disorganization.
More Marcus Garvey Quotes
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Do not remove the kinks from your hair–remove them from your brain.
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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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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 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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People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.
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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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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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Be Black, buy Black, think Black, and all else will take care of itself.
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The greatest possession of a man is character.
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There is no humanity before that which starts with yourself.
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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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Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself.
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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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Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of suffering people.
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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
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