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

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

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Some kind of affirmative action is important in a democracy and for economic competitiveness and national security. The Army was the first to realize that you had to have desegregation of a military to have it working properly.

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Everybody in America has been dependent on the government at some time. We owe everybody in America the right to vote and access to capital. What I say is, let's make America work, let's make democracy and free enterprise work for everybody.

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Violence is not more efficient than non-violence.

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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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Everything that has happened in my life is because of good government and because the United States of America was the greatest nation on the face of the earth.

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If I hadn't been so outspoken, Jimmy Carter wouldn't have wanted me.

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

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

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

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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?

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What Iran wants and what North Korea wants is respect.

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To whom much is given, much is required - not expected, but required.

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

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Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you'll find many of them are unwise.

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We rise in glory as we sink in pride.

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To find people who don't want anything is rare.

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I believe in humanitarian capitalism, and there are good people on Wall Street.

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No one who's white thinks he's innocent. No one who's black thinks he's guilty.

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