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You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.
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Afraid Believe Courage Speak
In spite of all of the things, the issues, that we may be confronting today, I’m very hopeful, very optimistic about the future.
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Comfortable Future Hope Issue Optimism Spite
To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.
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Democracy Difficult Hard Impossible People Process Vote
Create a society at peace with itself, and lay down the burden of hate and division.
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Burden Creation Division Hate Peace Society
People must understand that people were beaten, arrested, jailed, and some people were murdered, while attempting to register to vote, or to get others to register to vote.
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Arrest Attempt Murder People Register Undersstand Vote
If you’re not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and just believe that if your consistent, you will succeed.
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Believe Consistence Give Up Hope Optimism Success
Reading the Martin Luther King story, that little comic book, set me on the path that I’m on today.
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Book Comic Reading
You have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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Non Violence Optimism Philosophy
You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.
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Justice Move On Optimism
Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.
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Non Violence Principle
Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it.
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Fury Pretty Quick
Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves until we end hatred and division.
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Division Happiness Hatred Home Ourselves Peace
Don’t give up! Don’t give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!
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Business Faith Give Up Motivational Sports
Following the teaching of Gandhi and Thoreau, Dr. King, it set me on a path. And I never looked back.
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Path Teaching
You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way to get in the way.
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Bold Brave Courage Finding Justice
People will never, ever forget what happened and how it happened, and it is my hope that we are on our way to greater change.
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Black Lives Matter Change Forget Happen Hope People
Never lose your hope, be optimistic.
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Hope Lose One Liner Optimism
We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.
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Care Health Privilege Right Stand
Rosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble – good trouble, necessary trouble.
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Necessary Trouble
Sensible people have got to work together.
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One Liner People Sensible Togetherness Work
Too many of us still believe our differences define us.
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Believe Black Lives Matter Difference
Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
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Faith Justice Racism
Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
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Country Exercise Possible Struggle Suffering Vote
When you make mistakes, when you’re wrong, you should admit you’re wrong and ask people to forgive you.
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Admit Forgiveness Mistake People Wrong
There should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.
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Civil Contribution Deal Movement Rights Story Women Women Empowerment
The vote controls everything that you do.
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Control Government One Liner Vote
Music is a universal language.
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Language Music One Liner Universal

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