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I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.

Ruby Bridges

I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.
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Believe Goodness Myself Togetherness
When I think about our babies today and them not being safe in school, I think that should be the next civil rights movement, you know, is to ban the assault weapons so that our babies can be safe.
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Myself Ourselves Place Thinking
When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.
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Heart Love
My mother and our pastor always said you have to pray for your enemies and people who do you wrong, and that’s what I did.
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Enemy Mom Myself Prayer Yourself
If you really think about it, if we begin to teach history exactly the way that it happened – good, bad, ugly, no matter what – I believe that we’re going to find that we are closer, more connected than we are apart.
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Beginning Believe Connection History Teaching Thinking Yourself
The greatest lesson I learned that year in Mrs. Henry’s class was the lesson Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to teach us all: Never judge people by the color of their skin. God makes each of us unique in ways that go much deeper.
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Appearance God Greatness Judgement Lesson Skin Teaching
Racism is a form of hate. We pass it on to our young people. When we do that, we are robbing children of their innocence.
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Children Hate Oppression People Young
I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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Born Myself Old Soul Thinking
We stand United against Racism!
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Oppression Race Unity
Evil looks like you and I. I know what evil looks like, and I know that it comes in all shades and colors.
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Appearance Evil Myself Yourself
That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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Children Myself Togetherness
I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Believe Goodness Hate Myself
Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.
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Children Deep Growth Oppression Ourselves Stop
My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.
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Faith Mom Myself
Today and Everyday I stand against Injustice and in solidarity with our Asian, Asian-American & Pacific Islander Brothers and Sisters.
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Justice Myself
I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
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Enemy Forgiveness God Myself Pray

I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.

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