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Medgar Evers: The gifts of...

Medgar Evers: The gifts of...

The gifts of God . . . should be enjoyed by all citizens in Mississippi.

Source: In...

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Jesse Jackson: I know they...

Jesse Jackson: I know they...

I know they are all environmentalists. I heard a lot of my speeches recycled.

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Jesse Jackson: America is not...

Jesse Jackson: America is not...

America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth.

Source:...

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Dick Gregory: Just being a...

Dick Gregory: Just being a...

Just being a Negro doesn't qualify you to understand the race situation any more than being sick makes you an expert...

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Charles Swindoll: Stand still... and...

Charles Swindoll: Stand still... and...

Stand still... and refuse to retreat. Look at it as God looks at it and draw upon His power to hold up under the...

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Reinhold Niebuhr: Democracies are indeed...

Reinhold Niebuhr: Democracies are indeed...

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and...

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Theodore Parker: There is what...

Theodore Parker: There is what...

There is what I call the American idea. . . . This idea demands, as the proximate organization thereof, a...

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Maria Weston Chapman: Slavery can only...

Maria Weston Chapman: Slavery can only...

Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only...

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Sojourner Truth: Those are the...

Sojourner Truth: Those are the...

Those are the same stars, and that is the same moon, that look down upon your brothers and sisters, and which they see...

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Sojourner Truth: I am not...

Sojourner Truth: I am not...

I am not going to die, I'm going home like a shooting star.

Source: c. 1883, in...

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Dorothy Height: When you're a...

Dorothy Height: When you're a...

When you're a black woman, you seldom get to do what you just want to do; you always do what you have to...

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Fannie Lou Hamer: White Americans today...

Fannie Lou Hamer: White Americans today...

White Americans today don't know what in the world to do because when they put us behind them, that's where they made...

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Horace Greeley: Fame usually comes...

Horace Greeley: Fame usually comes...

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking of something else.

Source: In The...

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Angela Davis: [H]uman beings cannot...

Angela Davis: [H]uman beings cannot...

[H]uman beings cannot be willed and molded into nonexistence.

Source: In Words of...

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Marian Wright Edelman: Service to others...

Marian Wright Edelman: Service to others...

Service to others is the rent you pay for living on this planet.

Source: In Words...

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Even a stopped...

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Even a stopped...

Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of...

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Fay Weldon: The desire for...

Fay Weldon: The desire for...

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting...

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Mary Renault: How can people...

Mary Renault: How can people...

How can people trust the harvest, unless they see it sown?

Source: The King Must...

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Anatole France: A good critic...

Anatole France: A good critic...

A good critic is one who narrates the adventures of his mind among masterpieces.

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William McFee: A man must...

William McFee: A man must...

A man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see how they are getting...

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