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The individual whose vision encompasses the whole world often feels nowhere so hedged in and out of touch with his surroundings as in his native land. Emma Goldman

World Vision Out Touch Individual Feels His Surroundings Often Native Native Land Land Whole Whose Nowhere

They talked about how it was our rights as human beings to register and vote. I never knew we could vote before. Nobody ever told us. Fannie Lou Hamer

Vote Rights Before Our About Could Never Knew Nobody Talked How Human Human Beings Register Us Beings Ever

A hundred struggle and drown in the breakers. One discovers the new world. But rather, ten times rather, die in the surf, heralding the way to that new world, than stand idly on the shore. Florence Nightingale

Struggle World Hundred Way Ten Rather Ten Times Drown New Surf Idly Discovers Times Than Die Shore New World Stand

We're not a racist organization, because we understand that racism is an excuse used for capitalism, and we know that racism is just - it's a byproduct of capitalism. Fred Hampton

Capitalism Racism Organization Excuse Know Because Understand Just Used

People don't believe or understand that a community can lose hope. You can have a whole community where hopelessness is the norm, where folks don't have faith that things will get better because history and circumstances have proven over 30, 40, or 50 years that things don't get better. Geoffrey Canada

Hope Faith History You People Better Will Lose Community Believe Circumstances Hopelessness Folks Over Because Understand Proven Years Norm Get Where Whole Things

The house wife is an unpaid employee in her husband's house in return for the security of being a permanent employee. Germaine Greer

Wife Husband Security Unpaid Employee House Return Permanent Being Her

There is no such thing as security. There never has been. Germaine Greer

Has-Been Security Never Been Thing

The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary. Gloria Steinem

Politics Change First Say Social Social Change Necessary Resistance

They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class. H. Rap Brown

Saying You Class Divide Middle Middle Class Cannot Us Lower Lower Class

The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, his first classroom is within the household. His first student is himself. He masters himself and then he begins to convey the knowledge that he has acquired to the family. The people who are closest to him. H. Rap Brown

Teacher Family Knowledge People School Job Responsibility First Muslim Classroom Student He Household Him Himself Masters Within His Begins Closest Convey Acquired Then Teach Who

See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave. H. Rap Brown

You Free See Between In-Between Either Slave

I didn't get trained by the school system like other kids, and when I did concentrate on learning, my mind was cluttered and locked by the programming of the system. Huey Newton

Learning School Mind Programming Other Other Kids Kids Locked System School System Concentrate Like Trained Get Did Cluttered

The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American. Ida B. Wells

Intelligence Increasing Spirit Mob Grown

Rag paper, containing hemp fiber, is the highest quality and longest lasting paper ever made. It can be torn when wet, but returns to its full strength when dry. Jack Herer

Strength Quality Made Fiber Lasting Paper Torn Highest Containing Longest Dry Returns Wet Full Rag Hemp Ever

I am absolutely opposed to political correctness. You cannot confront hate speech until you've experienced it. You need to hear every side of the issue instead of just one. Jane Elliott

I'm open, and I'm out there, but I also enjoy being alone, relaxing. Jazz Jennings

Alone Enjoy Relaxing Out Open Also Being Being Alone

Watch the walls come down, whether it's in the South or on Wall Street. When the walls come down, what do we find? More markets, more talent, more capital and growth. Which means that the race and sex discrimination stunt economic growth. It's not good for capitalism. It's not good for America's growth. And it's not morally right. Jesse Jackson

Good Capitalism Walls Sex Down Markets Find Morally More Economic Economic Growth Talent Come Stunt South Discrimination Wall Wall Street America Whether Which Race Capital Means Street Growth Right Watch

Many kids come out of college, they have a credit card and a diploma. They don't know how to buy a house or a car or health insurance or life insurance. They do not know basic microeconomics. Jesse Jackson

To allow injustice and inequality invites a Ferguson to your community. We must stand together, black, white, brown, red, and yellow and fight for justice and equality for all. It's the only way to avoid more Fergusons. Jesse Jackson

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