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" Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become. "
Coretta Scott King
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" Martin Luther King, Jr. tried to live his life serving others. "
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" There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens. "
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" The failure to invest in youth reflects a lack of compassion and a colossal failure of common sense. "
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" A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage is a form of gay bashing and it would do nothing to protect traditional marriages. "
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" I feel George Wallace symbolizes something in the past which America has rejected. "
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" In the area of economic justice, we still have a long way to go. We have too many people who are discriminated against just because they happen to be black or they happen to be a woman or some other minority. "
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" Revenge and retaliation always perpetuate the cycle of anger, fear and violence. "
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" If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children. "
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" There is no reason why a nation as rich as ours should be blighted by poverty, disease, and illiteracy. "
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" My professional and personal roots in Alabama are deep and lasting. "
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" Wherever there was injustice, war, discrimination against women, gays and the disadvantaged, I did my best to show up and exert moral persuasion. "
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" While not a panacea for the nation's illegal immigration problems, employer sanctions are one necessary means of stopping the exploitation of vulnerable workers and the undercutting of American jobs and living standards. "
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" A vote for George Wallace is a vote for the past and oppression. "
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" I am scared that if Ronald Reagan gets into office, we are going to see more of the Ku Klux Klan and a resurgence of the Nazi Party. "
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More
I Am
" The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members. "
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Actions
Most
" When fear rushed in, I learned how to hear my heart racing but refused to allow my feelings to sway me. That resilience came from my family. It flowed through our bloodline. "
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" The Voting Rights Act was, and still is, vitally important to the future of democracy in the United States. "
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Voting
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" You cannot have peaceful means - peaceful means will have to be used to bring about peaceful ends. If you use destructive means, you're going to bring about destructive ends. "
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" On Thanksgiving Night, 1942, when I was fifteen years old, white racists burned our house to the ground. "
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House
White
Thanksgiving
" Mr. Sessions' conduct as a U.S. Attorney, from his politically-motivated voting fraud prosecutions to his indifference toward criminal violations of civil rights laws, indicated that he lacks the temperament, fairness and judgment to be a federal judge. "
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Voting
Judge
" Particularly in the South, efforts continue to be made to deny blacks access to the polls, even where blacks constitute the majority of the voters. "
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Made
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" During the bus boycott, I was tested by fire, and I came to understand that I was not a breakable crystal figurine. "
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Understand
Bus
" I can't help but believe that at some time in the not-too-distant future, there is going to be another movement to change these systemic conditions of poverty, injustice, and violence in people's lives. That is where we've got to go, and it is going to be a struggle. "
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Change
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" My story is a freedom song from within my soul. It is a guide to discovery, a vision of how even the worst pain and heartaches can be channeled into human monuments, impenetrable and everlasting. "
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" Gay and lesbian people have families, and their families should have legal protection, whether by marriage or civil union. "
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" I believe that women know if their husbands are unfaithful. They feel it. "
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" Nelson Mandela sat in a South African prison for 27 years. He was nonviolent. He negotiated his way out of jail. His honor and suffering of 27 years in a South African prison is really ultimately what brought about the freedom of South Africa. That is nonviolence. "
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" Our Congress passes laws which subsidize corporation farms, oil companies, airlines, and houses for suburbia. But when they turn their attention to the poor, they suddenly become concerned about balancing the budget and cut back on the funds for Head Start, Medicare, and mental health appropriations. "
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Start
Health
" As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the victims of murder and assassination, I stand firmly and unequivocally opposed to the death penalty for those convicted of capital offenses... An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed of retaliation. "
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