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I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free. Rosa Parks

Freedom People Free Other Would Would-Be Remembered Like Also Person Wanted Who

I have had so much at heart. Defeated, not conquered; disappointed, not discouraged. I have but to be more energetic and more faithful in the difficult and painful vocation to which my life is devoted. Dorothea Dix

Life Heart My Life Faithful Discouraged Difficult Vocation More Had Disappointed Devoted Energetic Which Much Painful Conquered Defeated

Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul. Dorothy Day

Food Soul Enough Must Body

Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop. Dorothy Height

You must make women count as much as men; you must have an equal standard of morals; and the only way to enforce that is through giving women political power so that you can get that equal moral standard registered in the laws of the country. It is the only way. Emmeline Pankhurst

You Women Political Political Power Men Giving Power Country Way Moral Must Morals Laws Only Through Count Equal Make Get Registered Enforce Much Standard

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself. Gloria Steinem

Power Given Taken Taking Empowerment Itself Process

I've heard 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' read, and I tell you Mrs. Stowe's pen hasn't begun to paint what slavery is as I have seen it at the far South. I've seen de real thing, and I don't want to see it on no stage or in no theater. Harriet Tubman

I said to de Lord, 'I'm goin' to hold steady on to you, an' I know you'll see me through.' Harriet Tubman

Me You See Steady Through Know Said Lord Goin Hold

We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society. Angela Davis

Society Minds Liberating About Talk Well

Nationalism has a way of oppressing others. Noam Chomsky

Nationalism Others Way

We can feel sad, hurt, demoralized. But we can't give up. Patrisse Cullors

Sad Hurt Give Feel Demoralized Up

That little man in black there, he says women can't have as much rights as men 'cause Christ wasn't a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him. Sojourner Truth

I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement. Angela Davis

Work You Yourself Single Whatever Think Consider Back Give Ongoing Individual Part Importance Because Single Individual Doing Historical Precisely May Achieved Movement Who Activist

Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers. Cesar Chavez

Character Reflection Language Our Ourselves Exact Speakers Growth

It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life. I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice. Cesar Chavez

Life Justice Struggle Courage Giving Sacrifice Others Our Our Lives Ourselves Find Totally Strongest Only Non-Violent Am Truest Manliness Convinced Act Belief Lives Deepest

The higher mental development of woman, the less possible it is for her to meet a congenial male who will see in her, not only sex, but also the human being, the friend, the comrade and strong individuality, who cannot and ought not lose a single trait of her character. Emma Goldman

Character Woman Human Being Strong Will Sex Single Lose Meet Ought Possible See Mental Only Higher Comrade Individuality Development Also Male Friend Trait Human Being Cannot Congenial Less Who Her

God spoke to me and called me to His Service. What form this service was to take the voice did not say. Florence Nightingale

Service God Me Say Voice Take Spoke His Did Form

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