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" It is a blessing to die for a cause, because you can so easily die for nothing. "

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" The unsung heroes of the civil rights movement were always the wives and the mothers. "

" Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it. "

" One of the principles of nonviolence is that you leave your opponents whole and better off than you found them. "

" Freedom is a struggle, and we do it together. Not only together as black citizens, but black and white together. "

Black And White

" There can be no democracy without truth. There can be no truth without controversy, there can be no change without freedom. Without freedom there can be no progress. "

" If Congress can move President's Day, Columbus Day and, alas, Martin Luther King's Birthday celebration for the convenience of shoppers, shouldn't they at least consider moving Election Day for the convenience of voters? "

" I've always seen the Olympics as a place where you could act out your differences on the athletic field with a sense of sportsmanship and fairness and mutual respect. "

" I was raised that way: don't get mad, get smart. "

" We think it is complicated to change the world. Change comes little by little. Nothing worthwhile can happen in one generation. "

Change The World

" Egypt's problem is that you've got an economy that works for about 40 million people, only you have 90 million people. The answer to the Egyptian problem is not guns, but jobs. We've got to find a private-sector, nongovernmental, aggressive way of creating jobs. That's not America's role totally. "

" Our school systems have to realize that everybody doesn't learn the same way, and no one learns without some emotional support. "

" Profits should be for a purpose. Profits should be productive. You should make money for producing benefits that make the world a better place. Making money is a good thing when it is made in service to humanity or the democracy. "

" Having personally watched the Voting Rights Act being signed into law that August day, I can't begin to imagine how we could have all been so wrong in believing that more Americans would vote once they were all truly free to do so. "

" President Jimmy Carter was a citizen soldier. Ironically, he was considered weak because he didn't kill anybody and he didn't get anyone killed. "

" Violence is not more efficient than non-violence. "

" Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died. "

" Most of my teachers wanted to send me to the principal's office. But my fourth-grade teacher once put her arms around me and said, 'You sure write well.' And I've had good penmanship until this day. She was the only one who ever said anything nice to me. That's the kind of motivation that students need. "

" Influence is like a savings account. The less you use it, the more you've got. "

" There's no problem on the planet that can't be solved without violence. That's the lesson of the civil rights movement. "

" I've been dyslexic and had Attention Deficit Disorder at some time in my life. I still read with a highlighter, but I've always loved to read. "

" I like my life. I've had a good life. I think the reason is my parents taught me that life is a burden. But if you take it one day at a time, it's an easy burden. "