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If someone says something hurtful to you or makes you feel down on yourself, then you just gotta stay positive and keep moving forward because they might not know much about you, or they may not understand the situation. Jazz Jennings
Positive You Moving Forward Yourself Keep Moving Forward Situation Down Keep Moving Says Stay Hurtful About Someone Something Feel Know Because Makes Understand Gotta May Just Moving Might Then Much Forward Keep
Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle. Noam Chomsky
Wealth Political Political Power Power Increases Rise Gives Concentration Yields Legislation Cycle
You can't be against bullying without actually doing something about it. Randi Weingarten
Bullying You About Something Without Doing Against Actually
I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal. Roger Nash Baldwin
Class Property Communism Socialism Wealth Control Ownership State Sole Those Abolish Seek Abolition Disarmament Am Goal Ultimately Itself Social Produce Who
I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other. Harriet Tubman
Death Liberty Mind Other Out Would Could Had If I Could Right Things Two
People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically... No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in. Rosa Parks
Tired People Giving Say Give Only Physically True Because Always Up Seat
Everything you do in a patient's room, after he is 'put up' for the night, increases tenfold the risk of his having a bad night. But, if you rouse him up after he has fallen asleep, you do not risk - you secure him a bad night. Florence Nightingale
You Patient Increases Everything Secure Bad Risk Having Tenfold He Put Him Fallen His Up After Room Asleep Rouse Night
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation. Noam Chomsky
Generation Words Language Free Creation Interpretation Laws Varied Involves Principles Fixed Infinitely Process Which Manner Use Used Even
There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers. Susan B. Anthony
Women Equality Will Complete Lawmakers Laws Never Until Make Elect Themselves Help
Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures. Cesar Chavez
Culture Own Disrespect Other Contempt Does Cultures Require Preservation
Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul. Coretta Scott King
You Soul Women Become Nation Believe Saved Must
I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger. Harriet Tubman
Lost Ran Say Never Most Underground Track Passenger Years Off Conductor Conductors Train Eight Railroad
You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. Malcolm X
Freedom You Peace Unless No-One He Because His Separate
I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. Rosa Parks
Fear Mind Made Diminishes Must Over Knowing Learned Does Years Up Done Away
Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action. Malcolm X
Freedom Oppression Tyranny Power Conviction Action Defense Our Uncompromising Greater Because Real Than Behalf Real Power Which Produces
There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, 'That person I see is a savage monster;' instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do. Noam Chomsky
Savage Construction People Mirror Few Monster Say I See See Some Instead Look Make Make Up Up Very Person Few People Going Justifies Who
No self-respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party who ignores her sex. Susan B. Anthony
Success Work Woman Sex Wish Party Should Ignores Who Her
We're going to fight racism not with racism, but we're going to fight with solidarity. We say we're not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we're going to fight it with socialism. Fred Hampton
Capitalism Fight Racism Socialism Black Say Solidarity Going
I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated. Malala Yousafzai
Myself Peace Rights Dignity Equality Speak Opportunity Live Those Voice Without Educated Who Fought Right Treated
Dictators can fix up their entire families in good jobs, in or around government, and often do. In democracies, such a practice is frowned upon. Privileged access to the corridors of power through family connections and a kind of old boys' network, is also deemed an abuse of power, and so it is. Jimmy Reid
Government Good Family Democracy Abuse Of Power Old Power Practice Good Jobs Jobs Kind Corridor Entire Network Through Abuse Also Around Access Boy Up Dictators Privileged Families Fix Often Frowned Deemed Connections
The American Negro never can be blamed for his racial animosities - he is only reacting to 400 years of the conscious racism of the American whites. Malcolm X
Racism Only Blamed Never He Reacting His Years American Racial Whites Conscious
My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity. Malcolm X
Life Good Library Rest My Life Reading Spend Books Could Curiosity Just Satisfying
America preaches integration and practices segregation. Malcolm X
Segregation Practices Integration Preaches America
Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions. Peace Pilgrim
Great You Age Our Possessed Possesses Possessions Relinquish Outlived Materialistic Anything Cannot Us Usefulness Many
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Life Truth Speak Fear Light Others Our Hesitate Tell Silent Divine Longer Policy Opinions Souls Motives Begin Us Should Moment Floods Flow
Tradition has it that whenever a group of people has tasted the lovely fruits of wealth, security, and prestige, it begins to find it more comfortable to believe in the obvious lie and accept that it alone is entitled to privilege. Steven Biko
Alone Lie People Wealth Entitled Group Believe Prestige Security Find More Obvious Accept Comfortable Tradition Privilege Begins Tasted Whenever Fruits Lovely
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