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We must bring the issue of mental illness out into the sunlight, out of the shadow, out of the closet, deal with it, treat people, have centers where people can get the necessary help.
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Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
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Obama is not an African American president, but a president of all Americans. It doesn't matter if you are black, white, Hispanic, he's the president of all races.
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We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
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Early on, I wrote a letter to the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. I was 17. I felt called, moved.
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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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I really believe that all of us, as Americans... we all need to be treated like fellow human beings.
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There may be some difficulties, some interruptions, but as a nation and as a people, we are going to build a truly multiracial, democratic society that maybe can emerge as a model for the rest of the world.
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I'm very hopeful. I am very optimistic about the future.
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Without the Sisters of St. Joseph, I might not be standing here.
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I never praised Mr. Snowden or said his actions rise to those of Mohandas Gandhi or other civil rights leaders.
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I do not agree with what Mr. Snowden did. He has damaged American international relations and compromised our national security. He leaked classified information and may have jeopardized human lives. That must be condemned.
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We are tired of being beaten by policemen. We are tired of seeing our people locked up in jails over and over again. And then you holler, 'Be patient.' How long can we be patient?
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It was not enough to come and listen to a great sermon or message every Sunday morning and be confined to those four walls and those four corners. You had to get out and do something.
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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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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process.
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The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.
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The documented incidences of voter fraud are very rare, yet throughout the country, forces have mobilized in over 30 states to stop it. These efforts are very partisan.
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I would say the country is a different country. It is a better country. The signs I saw when I was growing up are gone and they will not return. In many ways the walls of segregation have been torn down.
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If someone had told me in 1963 that one day I would be in Congress, I would have said, 'You're crazy. You don't know what you're talking about.'
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I was so inspired by Dr. King that in 1956, with some of my brothers and sisters and first cousins - I was only 16 years old - we went down to the public library trying to check out some books, and we were told by the librarian that the library was for whites only and not for colors. It was a public library.
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When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn't like it.
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My parents told me in the very beginning as a young child when I raised the question about segregation and racial discrimination, they told me not to get in the way, not to get in trouble, not to make any noise.
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My mother and father and many of my relatives had been sharecroppers.
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I remember back in the 1960s - late '50s, really - reading a comic book called 'Martin Luther King Jr. and the Montgomery Story.' Fourteen pages. It sold for 10 cents. And this little book inspired me to attend non-violence workshops, to study about Gandhi, about Thoreau, to study Martin Luther King, Jr., to study civil disobedience.
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The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the American society.
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We need someone who is going to stand up, speak up, and speak out for the people who need help, for the people who have been discriminated against.
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There are still forces in America that want to divide us along racial lines, religious lines, sex, class. But we've come too far; we've made too much progress to stop or to pull back. We must go forward. And I believe we will get there.
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Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
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There's nothing wrong with a little agitation for what's right or what's fair.
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Never give up. Never give in. Never become hostile... Hate is too big a burden to bear.

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If you ask me whether the election of Barack Obama is the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream, I say, 'No, it's just a down payment.'
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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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When I was a student, I studied philosophy and religion. I talked about being patient. Some people say I was too hopeful, too optimistic, but you have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
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When I was 15 years old and in the tenth grade, I heard of Martin Luther King, Jr. Three years later, when I was 18, I met Dr. King and we became friends. Two years after that I became very involved in the civil rights movement. I was in college at that time. As I got more and more involved, I saw politics as a means of bringing about change.
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When you make mistakes, when you're wrong, you should admit you're wrong and ask people to forgive you.
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I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
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We are one people; we are only family. And when we finally accept these truths, then we will be able to fulfill Dr. King's dream to build a beloved community, a nation, and a world at peace with itself.
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You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
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Before we went on any protest, whether it was sit-ins or the freedom rides or any march, we prepared ourselves, and we were disciplined. We were committed to the way of peace - the way of non-violence - the way of love - the way of life as the way of living.
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I believe race is too heavy a burden to carry into the 21st century. It's time to lay it down. We all came here in different ships, but now we're all in the same boat.
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We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.
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The civil rights movement was based on faith. Many of us who were participants in this movement saw our involvement as an extension of our faith. We saw ourselves doing the work of the Almighty. Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.
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I say to people today, 'You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.'
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Now we have black and white elected officials working together. Today, we have gone beyond just passing laws. Now we have to create a sense that we are one community, one family. Really, we are the American family.
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We must be headlights and not taillights.
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I want to see young people in America feel the spirit of the 1960s and find a way to get in the way. To find a way to get in trouble. Good trouble, necessary trouble.
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What I try to tell young people is that if you come together with a mission, and its grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.
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