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In my dreams and visions, I seemed to see a line, and on the other side of that line were green fields, and lovely flowers, and beautiful white ladies, who stretched out their arms to me over the line, but I couldn't reach them no-how. I always fell before I got to the line. Harriet Tubman

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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living. Harriet Tubman

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You'll be free or die! Harriet Tubman

You Free Die

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny. Huey Newton

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If you stop struggling, then you stop life. Huey Newton

Life You Struggling Stop Then

From my own experience, I want to say that you should follow your heart, and the mind will follow you. Believe in yourself, and you will create miracles. Kailash Satyarthi

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Stumbling is not falling. Malcolm X

Stumbling Falling

If you turn the other cheek, you can be enslaved for 1,000 years. Malcolm X

You Other Enslaved Cheek Years Turn

Being an old farm boy myself, chickens coming home to roost never did make me sad; they've always made me glad. Malcolm X

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I like the cold weather. It means you get work done. Noam Chomsky

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The process of shaping opinion, attitudes, and perceptions was termed the 'engineering of consent' by one of the founders of the modern public relations industry, Edward Bernays. Noam Chomsky

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Social Security is based on a principle. It's based on the principle that you care about other people. You care whether the widow across town, a disabled widow, is going to be able to have food to eat. Noam Chomsky

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Democracy is messy, and it's hard. It's never easy. Robert Kennedy, Jr.

Democracy Easy Never Messy Hard

I don't think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race. The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly. We can't force them to think that way. Rosa Parks

The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute accepts people of any race. We don't discriminate against anyone. We teach people to reach their highest potential. I set examples by the way I lead my life. Rosa Parks

Everyone who's born in the Western Hemisphere is a Native American. We are all Native Americans. Russell Means

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Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected. Samuel Gompers

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I want to make sure that people understand that, behind this national conversation around transgender rights, there are real people who hurt when they're mocked, who hurt when they're discriminated against, and who just want to be treated with dignity and respect. Sarah McBride

Any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude toward change among the mass of our people. They must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and chance the future. Saul Alinsky

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If the ends don't justify the means, what does? Saul Alinsky

Does Ends Justify Means

If the Lord comes and burns - as you say he will - I am not going away; I am going to stay here and stand the fire, like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! And Jesus will walk with me through the fire and keep me from harm. Sojourner Truth

Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being. Steven Biko

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