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Fannie Lou Hamer Quotes: We didn't come all the way up here to compromise for no more than we’d gotten here. We didn't come all this way for no two seats, 'cause all of us is tired.
         

We didn't come all the way up here to compromise for no more than we’d gotten here. We didn't come all this way for no two seats, 'cause all of us is tired.


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You can pray until you faint, but unless you get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap.



Sometimes it seem like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off.

Sometimes it seem like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off.



When I liberate myself, I liberate others. If you don't speak out ain't nobody going to speak out for you.

When I liberate myself, I liberate others. If you don't speak out ain't nobody going to speak out for you.



Never to forget where we came from and always praise the bridges that carried us over.

Never to forget where we came from and always praise the bridges that carried us over.



Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.



Black people know what white people mean when they say “law and order”.

Black people know what white people mean when they say “law and order”.



I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.

I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.



I feel sorry for anybody that could let hate wrap them up. Ain't no such thing as I can hate anybody and hope to see God's face.

I feel sorry for anybody that could let hate wrap them up. Ain't no such thing as I can hate anybody and hope to see God's face.



With the people, for the people, by the people. I crack up when I hear it; I say, with the handful, for the handful, by the handful, cause that's what really happens.

With the people, for the people, by the people. I crack up when I hear it; I say, with the handful, for the handful, by the handful, cause that's what really happens.



Righteousness exalts a nation. Hate just makes people miserable.

Righteousness exalts a nation. Hate just makes people miserable.





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You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be avoided.




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