Marcus Garvey Quotes

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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Happiness Kind Man Misery Woman
The Greatest Weapon Used Against the Negro is Disorganization.
MARCUS GARVEY

Greatness War Weapon
People without knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture are like a tree without roots.
MARCUS GARVEY

History Knowledge Past People Tree
The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together.
MARCUS GARVEY

Deep Philosophy Power Strength
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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Knowledge Learning People Seek Try World
Hungry men have no respect for the law, authority, or human life.
MARCUS GARVEY

Human Life Man Respect
The only protection against INJUSTICE in man is POWER? Physical, financial, and scientific.
MARCUS GARVEY

Justice Power Protection
I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free.
MARCUS GARVEY

Freedom Nation Politics World
Be Black, buy Black, think Black, and all else will take care of itself.
MARCUS GARVEY

Black Care Thinking
Africa for the Africans, at home and abroad!
MARCUS GARVEY

Company Nation Togetherness
There is no humanity before that which starts with yourself.
MARCUS GARVEY

Healing Humanity Start Yourself
Unite all people of African ancestry of the world to one great body to establish a country and absolute government of their own.
MARCUS GARVEY

Government Greatness People Politics World
Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.
MARCUS GARVEY

Courage Faith Lose
Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.
MARCUS GARVEY

Humanity One Liner
Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself.
MARCUS GARVEY

Opportunity Yourself
Do not remove the kinks from your hair–remove them from your brain.
MARCUS GARVEY

Inspirational Yourself
Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.
MARCUS GARVEY

Forever God Limitation
The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
MARCUS GARVEY

Greatness Shame Sin
Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.
MARCUS GARVEY

Inspirational Man
I like honesty and fair play.
MARCUS GARVEY

Honesty One Liner Play
Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of suffering people.
MARCUS GARVEY

Chance Hope People Satisfaction Suffering
There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty.
MARCUS GARVEY

Liberty Race Yourself
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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Forget Ignorance Intelligence Possible Seek World Yourself
The greatest possession of a man is character.
MARCUS GARVEY

Charater Greatness Man Material
Black men, you were once great; you shall be great again. Lose not courage or faith, go forward.
MARCUS GARVEY

Courage Faith Greatness Man Worth
Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned.
MARCUS GARVEY

Nation Victory
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.
MARCUS GARVEY

Believe Confidence God Human Man Understand

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