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Rhetoric never won a revolution yet.


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You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.



Don't list to those who say YOU CAN'T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN.

Don't list to those who say YOU CAN'T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN.



Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.

Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.



In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism.

In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism.



I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo.

I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo.



Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.

Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.



Women must become revolutionary. This cannot be evolution but revolution.

Women must become revolutionary. This cannot be evolution but revolution.



I've always met more discrimination being a woman than being Black...men are men.

I've always met more discrimination being a woman than being Black...men are men.



Laws will not eliminate prejudice from the hearts of human beings. But that is no reason to allow prejudice to continue to be enshrined in our laws - to perpetuate injustice through inaction.

Laws will not eliminate prejudice from the hearts of human beings. But that is no reason to allow prejudice to continue to be enshrined in our laws - to perpetuate injustice through inaction.



Health is a human right, not a privilege to be purchased.

Health is a human right, not a privilege to be purchased.





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Yet, even amidst the hatred and carnage, life is still worth living. It is possible for wonderful encounters and beautiful things to exist.

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If we obey God, we shall be his treasured possession.

If we obey God, we shall be his treasured possession.



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Learn the principles, abide by the principles, and then dissolve the principles.



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Miracles are instant gratification without a guarantee of any long term result.



If you are having a tough time today, push past those boundaries, because by challenging your fears today will become the strength you feel tomorrow... DO WHAT YOU FEAR, DON'T FEAR WHAT YOU DO.

If you are having a tough time today, push past those boundaries, because by challenging your fears today will become the strength you feel tomorrow... DO WHAT YOU FEAR, DON'T FEAR WHAT YOU DO.



The more everybody knows about all aspects of the problems we face, the better off all of us will be. Less time spent explaining things means more time for coming up with creative solutions.

The more everybody knows about all aspects of the problems we face, the better off all of us will be. Less time spent explaining things means more time for coming up with creative solutions.



If you can help anybody even a little, be glad; up the steps of usefulness and kindness, God will lead you on to happiness and friendship.

If you can help anybody even a little, be glad; up the steps of usefulness and kindness, God will lead you on to happiness and friendship.



It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.

It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.




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